Evidence linking a Co Tyrone man to the attempted murder of a policeman in Northern Ireland is “non-existent”, his lawyer has insisted.

Detectives in the North were carrying out a manhunt today after police officer Ronan Kerr was killed by a booby trap car bomb in Omagh.

A Catholic priest appeared in court in England today charged with indecent assault and facilitation of the rape of a 12-year-old girl.