Philip McKevitt jailed for possessing explosives in Louth

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Philip McKevitt was jailed for eight and a half years for possessing explosive substances at the Special Criminal Court on 13 February 2017. The offence occurred at Aghaboys, Mount Pleasant, Dundalk, on 22 May 2010.

McKevitt, 62, was convicted by the three-judge, non-jury court in December 2016. The sentence was backdated to 22 March 2016.

The court heard that investigators found adapted gas cylinders, glucose bags and wire in and around a trailer in his shed. A DNA match was found on one cylinder, while McKevitt had denied knowing about the trailer and cylinders.