IRA suspect convicted of 1989 attack on British base

A former member of the IRA was convicted today for his role in a 1989 attack on a British military base in Germany and sentenced to six years in jail.

IRA suspect convicted of 1989 attack on British base

A former member of the IRA was convicted today for his role in a 1989 attack on a British military base in Germany and sentenced to six years in jail.

A German state court in Celle found Leonard Joseph Hardy, aged 45, from Antrim, guilty on several counts of attempted murder and of deliberately causing an explosion.

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