Omagh bomb trial adjourned

The trial of an electrician accused of murdering 29 people in the Omagh bomb atrocity was adjourned today after his senior lawyer told the court that he himself was too unwell to begin the case.

Orlando Pownall QC, representing south Armagh man Sean Hoey, told Mr Justice Weir that he had only travelled to Northern Ireland at the last minute to alert Belfast Crown Court to his ill health.