2018-01-29
Dispute over facts of IRA firearms case
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: At today's sentence hearing Detective Sergeant Padraig Boyce, of the Special Detective Unit, summarised the facts of the case.; Ms Justice Isobel Kennedy, presiding, sitting with Judge Gerard Griffin and Judge Gerard Haughton, adjourned matters until next week in order for the defence to indicate if they wanted a Newton hearing, as a dispute had arisen between the prosecution and defence on the facts of the case.