Leitrim County Councillor gives evidence at trial of man charged in connection with David Black murder

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A Leitrim County Councillor has given evidence at the Special Criminal Court trial of Vincent Banks, who is charged with withholding information relating to the murder of Northern Ireland prison officer David Black. Councillor John McCartin told the court he contacted gardaí in 2012 following complaints about a vehicle parked in a darkened area of Carrigallen. The councillor said he photographed the car on his iPhone in October 2012 and later provided gardaí with a disc containing the image files. Detective Garda Bridget Buckley of the Computer Crime Unit gave evidence that metadata from the photographs indicated the images were taken on 14 October 2012. The prosecution alleges that a Toyota Camry car was used in the shooting death of prison officer David Black on the M1 motorway near Lurgan on 1 November 2012, and that Banks purchased the vehicle. Banks has pleaded not guilty to the charge of withholding information between October and December 2012. He faces a separate charge of membership of an unlawful organisation.

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