Real IRA accused ‘horribly upset’ by Omagh bombing, FBI agent tells court

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.

The Dundalk man, on trial for directing the activities of an illegal organisation, claimed another dissident group was largely responsible for the tragedy that killed 29 people, and unborn twins, in August 1998, a key witness told the Special Criminal Court.

David Rupert, an American who infiltrated republican groups for the FBI and British intelligence, told the court about his first meeting with the accused in September 1999.