Gardaí ‘delayed handing over Omagh evidence’

Gardaí delayed handing over mobile phone evidence to the team prosecuting a man for the Omagh bombing, a lawyer told a court yesterday.

Senior officers from the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) are to meet counterparts south of the border to discuss the matter next month.

Phones used by the alleged bombers were being monitored by the security services on the day of the attack, a lawyer for the accused, Seamus Daly, had told a previous hearing.