Omagh families to take civil action

RELATIVES of those who died in the Omagh atrocity yesterday said they owed it to the victims to pursue their civil action against Michael McKevitt, who they described as a terrorist who led an organisation that killed innocent people.

The families on the frontline of the campaign to keep alive the memories of those who died at Omagh gathered at the Special Criminal Court to hear the guilty verdict handed down to McKevitt.

"We are determined to see the civil action through to court," Victor Barker, who lost his 12-year-old James, said outside the court. The civil action is proceeding against five named individuals, all of whom are now in prison on Real IRA-related charges.