John Brock and John Roche plead not guilty to explosives charge

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John Brock and John Roche pleaded not guilty to possessing explosives at the Special Criminal Court on 26 March 2019. The charge concerns 57kg of homemade explosives and 38 rolls of industrial explosives allegedly found in a car on the Naas Road, Dublin 12, on 13 April 2016. The court heard the vehicle also contained 18 detonators. A three-judge court ruled that National Surveillance Unit members giving evidence would be identified only by assigned initials, with the public excluded during their evidence. The trial was expected to last one week.