Ambassador gives evidence at McKevitt trial

The British ambassador in Ireland, Ivor Roberts told the Special Criminal Court today that he had been advised by members of the British security service in Ireland and in London that all relevant material relating to David Rupert, the chief prosecution witness against the alleged leader of the Real IRA Michael Mckevitt, had been disclosed to the defence.

During ten minutes of evidence at the Green Street court house today, Roberts said he had read several hundred pages of the 2,300 documents that had been furnished to him.