Omagh trial continues with legal argument
26/01/2010 - 11:51:41The trial of Colm Murphy who is accused of conspiracy in connection with the 1998 Omagh bombing is continuing at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin.
The court is hearing evidence in a “trial within a trial” to decided on the admissibility of certain evidence including statements allegedly made by Murphy while in garda custody in 1999.
The evidence cannot be reported for legal reasons.
Murphy, a 57-year-old native of Co Armagh, with an address at Jordan’s Corner, Ravensdale, Co Louth has pleaded not guilty to conspiring with another person to cause an explosion likely to endanger life or cause serious injury to property in the State or elsewhere between August 13 and 16, 1998.
The prosecution is claiming that Murphy lent two mobile phones to a man who was involved in transporting the car bomb from Dundalk to Omagh, where it exploded on August 15, 1998 killing 29 people, including a woman pregnant with twins, and injuring more than 300.
Murphy was originally convicted of the charge in 2002 but the Court of Criminal Appeal quashed the conviction and ordered a retrial in 2005.
The trial is continuing.
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