Names may be added to Omagh civil suit

LAWYERS for the relatives of those who died in the Omagh atrocity are reviewing evidence heard in the McKevitt trial before deciding whether to add more names to the €14m civil writ planned against those they claim planned the bombing.

As relatives and friends gather today for the fifth anniversary memorial service to the 29 dead, plus unborn twins, the father of a 12-year-old boy killed in the bombing warned lawyers will not hesitate to add more names, "whether they are from Real IRA, Continuity IRA or where ever".

Victor Barker, an English-based solicitor who lost his son James, said: "Certainly, if as a result of examining the evidence heard in the McKevitt trial, the lawyers decide there is enough information to add other names to the writ, they will do so."