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| IRISH FREEDOM COMMITTEE® NEWSLIST http://www.irishfreedomcommittee.net ----------------------------- Subject: COLM MURPHY FREED, CONVICTION OVERTURNED Date: Jan. 29 2005 Overdue victory for Colm Murphy Colm Murphy has been released from jail following a victorious court ruling in favor of two major appeals in his case, out of the 45 counts of appeals he had filed in the totally false charges against him. The primary appeals victory came last week in the proof that that Irish Free State police officers had deliberately falsified handwriting evidence to convict him. As a result, two Gardai are now facing trial for perjury. Colm Murphy also won a second major appeal on the basis that the courts had illegally pre-judged his sentence by calling into consideration his past convictions. As a result of the totally false charges and unjust 4 year imprisonment of Colm Murphy, this innocent man has lost his life's financial assets and has become separated from his wife. His family and children have been vilified in the press, and his life and the safety of his loved ones threatened by the adverse publicity surrounding his frame-up. Meanwhile, unanswered questions still linger on who really was behind the atrocity and massive, orchestrated loss of life at Omagh. During the frame-up trial of Mickey McKevitt the court heard on numerous occasions that FBI/MI5/Special Branch spy David Rupert admitted to driving scout cars to Omagh town before the bombing. In addition, qualified allegations have been made that Gardai were aware that the bombing was to have taken place nearly 2 weeks before it went off. On the day it was detonated, police shepherded innocent civilians onto the exact spot where the bomb went off. Army were confined to barracks that day in Omagh town. Not a single security forces member sustained injury, even a scratch. No tapes from the phoned-in warnings have ever been released, putting the lie to the statement that the warnings were "wrong". Colm Murphy was framed for Omagh on the basis of totally fabricated evidence. This "evidence" has now been properly shown to be the product of hysterical military courtroom opinions and the lies of power-hungry Free State police. How many more men and women are to suffer years imprisonment on the basis of the Free State and British puppet "In-Justice" system? When will the real perpetrators of this massive atrocity, the willful and conspiring members of the British and Free State intelligence services, be called to answer for the massacre they allowed, for purposes of their own doing? MORE: Omagh Cover-Up Reprinted below:
The Irish Freedom Committee® NewsList - IFC Updates Murphy freed on bail after conviction quashing Mary Wilson, Legal Affairs Editor, reports on the release of Co Louth man Colm Murphy --------------------------- London Times January 22, 2005 Omagh bomb retrial after police 'faked evidence'
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Irish Independent 18 Jan 2005 Seven
hurt in prison brawl between Real IRA factions The Prison Officers' Association said
last night it was seriously concerned about staff safety because of the
feud between the Real IRA factions and sought an urgent meeting with
prison management. An experienced staff member said it was one of the
worst incidents in the jail over the past couple of decades.
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Gardaí are linking the discovery of a live pipe bomb underneath a van in north Dublin this morning to dissident republicans. Two men were arrested in connection with the discovery, which forced the evacuation of a number of homes on Belcamp Crescent in Clonshaugh. The device was spotted at around 1am and residents were only allowed to return to their homes around three hours later, when bomb disposal experts had made the area safe. Gardaí said today that the two men being held in connection with the incident were also being questioned about Continuity IRA activity. ---------------------------------------------------------- Two men held as gardaí foil pipe bomb attack in suburb By John Breslin A PIPE bomb left under a van outside a house in north Dublin was a sophisticated device capable of causing serious injury or death, if it exploded, gardaí said last night. Two men allegedly involved in planting the device were being questioned last night by detectives. They are being questioned about the activities of the dissident republican group, the Continuity IRA. The pair were picked up close to the scene after neighbours rang the gardaí and reported suspicious activity. Twelve homes at Belcamp Crescent, Clonshaugh, including that of the intended target, were evacuated as army bomb disposal experts were called in. In an operation lasting nearly three hours, a probe was sent in to check the device before it was disabled using a special water jet. The device was then taken away for forensic examination. A senior garda confirmed last night the bomb was a live explosive device and of a sophisticated type. Gardaí were last night investigating a motive for the aborted attack but believe it may be linked to the extortion activities of the dissident republicans. One neighbour of the intended target described how they were woken shortly after 12.30am by a loud banging on the door. Gardaí told them to leave immediately. “At first we didn’t know what was going on. There was nowhere organised for us to go so we sat in our cars. “Nobody told us that the operation was over but the army van left and it was obvious we could go home,” said the neighbour. The two men, one from Palmerstown, the other from Ballyfermot, were arrested under Section 30 of the Offences Against The State Act and can be held without charge for a maximum 72 hours. A garda spokesman said: “The discovery was made shortly before 1am and an Army EOD team was immediately called to the scene. A number of residents in the area were evacuated during the security operation. “The men were arrested in the vicinity of the incident and are now being held at Coolock and Santry Garda Stations.” Gardaí later confirmed they were also questioned about the activities of the CIRA. The group, though small, remains active. Several members have been jailed for various activities, including bomb making. ----------------------------------------------------- Two Dublin men were charged at the Special Criminal Court this evening in connection with the discovery of a pipe bomb under a van in north Dublin yesterday. Daniel Mc Faul (aged 20), of Croftwood Crescent and Christopher McCarthy (aged 27), of The Vale, Woodfarm Acres, Palmerstown were each charged with the unlawful possession of an explosive substance at Belcamp Crescent on Thursday. They were also each charged with membership of an illegal organisation on the same date. The court heard evidence from members of the Special Detective Unit that the two men were arrested at the Darndale Link Road just before 1am yesterday. Both men were remanded in custody until next Wednesday when a bail application is expected to be heard. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This one has info on a separate 'Real' IRA arrest ----------- TWO suspected leaders of the Real IRA faction aligned to the organisation's former chief of staff, Michael McKevitt, were in Garda custody last night. The two men, regarded by Special Branch officers as being in the top three in the renegade group, were arrested by armed detectives after linked operations in Dundalk and Dublin. The arrests followed the seizure of ammunition, bomb-making equipment and explosive substances as a result of a surveillance operation. In a separate incident, gardai seized a handgun which they believe was to have been used in a row among a breakaway group of Continuity IRA members who have become involved with criminals from Dublin and Limerick. One suspected dissident was arrested when gardai recovered the handgun in Lucan yesterday afternoon and further inquiries were under way last night. Anti-terrorist detectives are also confident that inquiries earlier this week dealt a major blow to a new Continuity IRA unit which had been active in the capital in recent months. This unit was comprised of former members of an IRA youth wing and had carried out a number of attacks on people they believed were involved in drug trafficking. In the crackdown on the Real IRA yesterday, gardai detained a leading suspect outside Dundalk when they recovered a quantity of ammunition and explosive substances. In a co-ordinated swoop in the centre of Dublin, gardai carried out a search of a business premises and found more ammunition and bomb-making equipment. One man was detained and another, recently released from jail, was arrested nearby. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Three charged at Special Criminal Court 23 January 2005 19:11 Three men have this afternoon been charged at the Special Criminal Court with unlawful possession of explosives and ammunition. The men were arrested in Dundalk and Dublin on Friday. Francis McGeown of Cedarwood Park, Dundalk, Ciaran Dunne of Elmbrook Ave, Lucan Co Dublin and Paschal Burke of Marrowbone Lane, Dublin 8, were all remanded in custody to appear again at the Special Criminal Court next Friday. ----------------------------------------------------------------- These are from the 'Real' IRA In last hour: Pascal Burke, Francis McGeown and Ciaran Dunne all charged with possession of explosives and remanded to Portlaoise till Friday. Posted on 23/1/2005 at 15:33:07 by WISE UP IRBB dublin john wrote this about the same article Is there any truth that there is a breakaway group of Continuity IRA members who have become involved with criminals from Dublin and Limerick or is it the usual tabloid rubbish. I heard from reliable sources that the intended target of the pipe bomb was a loyalist drug dealer who has been residing in Dublin for a number of years. He is an assosiate of a scmbag who is serving a senteance in wheatfield for extortion. The CIRA made a threat against him for using there name in his and another individuals extortion attempt on the owner of a lap dancing club.
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Date: Wed Jan 5, 2005 6:18 am Subject: Concern as Couple in Arms Case Freed ADVERTISEMENT click here Concern as couple in arms case freed (Maeve Connolly, Irish News) A senior nationalist politician has questioned how a couple accused of possessing ammunition at their Co Armagh home have walked free from court. A judge yesterday (Monday) said he could not determine whether the couple had jointly kept the bullets or which one had done so. Last night SDLP assembly member Dolores Kelly hit out at the "appalling" decision which she said had set "a dangerous precedent". Police found 61 live rounds of ammunition in a lunch box hidden in a wheelie bin at Neil and Victoria Hyde's Merrion Drive home in Lurgan. Other items were discovered during the planned search on December 27 2002 but they were not the subject of any charge. The haul included LVF paraphernalia, six balaclavas, gloves, two replica handguns and almost 100 blank rounds. These were found secreted in a second bin and a hollow brick surround in the living room of the property. Ms Kelly said she was concerned at "the charmed lifestyle some people in Lurgan live". The Upper Bann assembly member said the LVF material and other items should have been taken into account. "How can law and order mean anything if people can get away with these things?" she asked. "What do people have to do to face a custodial sentence?" Belfast Crown Court Judge Mr Justice Morgan told Mr Hyde (25) and his 23-year-old wife that the circumstances of their case "do not assist me in concluding that the possession was joint or that one of the defendants was individually or jointly in possession" of the live rounds. There was no forensic evidence linking the couple to the lunchbox and during interview each denied ever having seen it, the judge said. Mr Justice Morgan said that the couple had relied on the circumstances of the find and their interviews "to put in issue the question as to whether the offending items were possessed by them jointly or one of them individually". Once this question had been raised by the defendants "it follows that the onus of proving that each defendant was in possession had to be discharged by the Crown beyond reasonable doubt", he said. |
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