Terror suspects claim ‘arms not meant to kill’

WEAPONS and ammunition found in a car in the North last Friday were “not intended to kill anybody”, a court in the north heard yesterday.

They were to be buried when police uncovered the cache in Keady, south Armagh, three suspects charged with terrorism offences told police.

Brian Anthony Sheridan, aged 34, from Avonmore, Blackwatertown, Co Armagh; Brian Francis Cavlan, aged 35, from Circular Road, Dungannon; and Dominic Dines, aged 39, from Bree, Castleblaney, Co Monaghan, appeared at Newry Magistrates’ Court yesterday.