Philip McKevitt loses appeal over explosive possession conviction

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Philip McKevitt lost his appeal against an explosive-substance possession conviction at the Court of Appeal on 20 June 2018.

The conviction concerned possession of an explosive substance at Aghaboys, Mount Pleasant, Dundalk, on 22 May 2010.

The court found that the trial was fair, the outcome was safe and dismissed the appeal. The conviction followed a retrial after an earlier conviction was quashed in 2015.

Evidence described a modified trailer, two gas cylinders, more than 300 metres of bell wire and 26kg of glucose.