RIRA trial aborted as prosecution agrees mistrial

The trial of three Northern Ireland men accused of Real IRA membership was aborted at the Special Criminal Court today after the prosecution conceded a defence application for a mistrial.

The defence application came yesterday on the 18th day of the trial of the three men who were arrested in Co Monaghan in November, 2002 and it followed evidence from a Garda Chief Superintendent when it emerged that original documents in the trial had been "mislaid".