Real IRA prisoner freed from jail to give evidence

A REAL IRA prisoner serving 18 years for possession of arms was released from jail to give evidence to the Bloody Sunday Inquiry yesterday.

Ciaran Maclochainn was released from the high security Maghaberry prison in Co Antrim and was taken to the Guildhall in Derry by his solicitor.

He is expected to tell the tribunal that he was with his friend Gerry Donaghy who was shot dead on Bloody Sunday and there was no way he could have been carrying nail bombs.