Belfast man found guilty of involvement in IRA attack on barracks in Germany

A man from Belfast has been found guilty in Germany of involvement in an IRA attack on a British Army barracks in the city of Osnabrueck in 1996.

Belfast man found guilty of involvement in IRA attack on barracks in Germany

A man from Belfast has been found guilty in Germany of involvement in an IRA attack on a British Army barracks in the city of Osnabrueck in 1996.

James Anthony Oliver Corry was convicted of being part of an IRA unit that fired three mortar shells.

Only one detonated, damaging buildings and vehicles but no one was injured.

He has been sentenced to four years in jail.

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