MICHAEL McKEVITT, the man accused of leading the group involved in the Omagh atrocity, was “horribly upset” over the carnage caused by the car bomb, a court heard yesterday.

FBI agent David Rupert told the Special Criminal Court today the alleged leader of the Real IRA Michael McKevitt told him the August 1998 Omagh bombing, the worst terrorist atrocity in the history of the troubles, was a joint operation by the Real IRA and the Continuity IRA.

No terrorist organisation has yet claimed responsibility for today’s car bomb in West London but the Real IRA has been the only group which has attacked Britain in recent years.