'Accused's phone was in Omagh on day of atrocity'

The Special Criminal Court has heard that a mobile phone belonging to a man facing terrorism charges was in Omagh, Co Tyrone, on the day of the bombing that killed 29 people.

Phone records show that Colm Murphy’s phone was in Omagh on August 15, 1998, but he has proved to Gardai that he was not in the town on that day.

Mr Murphy, from Jordan’s Corner, Ravensdale, Dundalk, is charged with conspiring to cause the Omagh bomb and with membership of the Real IRA.