Murphy bail application postponed

Updated: 22:20, Wednesday, 26 January 2005

Colm Murphy, whose conviction for involvement in the Omagh bombing was quashed last week, has had his application for bail postponed until next Friday.

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Colm Murphy - Bail application

Colm Murphy, whose conviction for involvement in the Omagh bombing was quashed by the Court of Criminal Appeal last week, has had his application for bail postponed until next Friday.

His bail terms include a cash lodgement of €50,000 and two independent sureties of €25,000.

It is proposed to change one of the sureties being undertaken by his sister to a cash lodgement because she lives in Northern Ireland. This must be approved by the Court of Criminal Appeal.

Last Friday the Court of Criminal Appeal ordered a retrial in Murphy's case. The court said it was granting the appeal on two of the grounds that had been put forward by the defence.

The first related to the approach by the trial court to the alteration of interview notes and the evidence given by two gardaí.

The second related to the invasion of Murphy's presumption of innocence, because the trial court had taken his prior convictions into consideration.

The building contractor and pub owner, from Jordan's Corner, Ravensdale in Dundalk, was convicted by the Special Criminal Court in 2002 for conspiring to cause the Omagh explosion in 1998 and was jailed for 14 years.

The prosecution of two gardaí on perjury charges must be completed before a new trial date can be fixed. 

Murphy's case is due for mention in the Special Criminal Court again on 5 April when the court will hold a fixing of dates for upcoming trials.

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