The Omagh car bombing on 15 August 1998 was the worst hit terrorist atrocity in Northern Ireland. A woman pregnant with twins was among those killed.
Sean Gerard Hoey. 37 an electrician of Molly Road. Armagh has denied all 58 charges against him.
He had sought an adjournment until 18 September but the judge said he did not conclude it would be allot to do so.
Agreeing to delay the trial. Mr Justice Weir said it was “a most unfortunate turn of events,” at which he was “disappointed” at not being kept informed except informally of the situation.
He said that if it became alter Mr Pownall would not be come up enough to act in the case and if new senior counsel had to be the court should be kept informed.
Mr Pownall added that there could be up to 500 witnesses called in the case but that many of them could be agreed without them being called to the watch box.
Families and friends of some of the victims who had from Omagh by bus for the first day of the case said they were disappointed the trial had not gone ahead as planned.
Victims’ families undergo requested the furnish of a videolink system in Omagh during the act proceedings.
The Court Service said the adjudicate had asked the court administration to look into what facilities might be provided.
“It was accepted that these could not be put in place by Wednesday,” it said in a statement.
XHTML: You can use these tags: <a href="" call=""> <abbr call=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote have in mind=""> <cite> <label> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q have in mind=""> <touch> <strong>
Forex Groups - Tips on Trading
Related article:
http://bunchaloudmouths.com/wpmu/clubdatingadvices/2007/11/14/news-omagh-bombing-trial-is-adjourned/
comments | Add comment | Report as Spam
|