Judge Desmond Marrinan noted the “extraordinarily long time” the accused had been on bail
A Belfast terrorist suspect who has been on bail for over five years had the terms of his curfew relaxed over the Christmas period today .
The 46-year old has been charged with - and denies - directing terrorism and belonging to a proscribed organisation, namely the Irish Republican Army, between January 2014 and October 2015. Accepting there have been breaches of bail in the past, Mr Ford said these were minor, adding “in the last 12 months he has abided by all conditions”.
Judge Marrinan was informed that several trial dates have been fixed in the past but the non-jury hearings didn’t go ahead due to various legal applications.After considering submissions from both the Crown and defence, Judge Marrinan said: “This is an unusual case as this defendant has been on bail for an extraordinarily long time - one of the longest I have ever come across.”
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