Dissident Republican ‘waged campaign against former friend’

A leading member of a dissident Irish Republican political group was bombarded with phone calls and letters by a fellow activist in a bitter feud over child sex accusations, a court heard today.

Michael Holden, a member of the 32 County Sovereignty Movement which is seen as the political wing of the Real IRA was the victim of an 18-month campaign of harassment by Patrick McDonnell, 61, magistrates were told.