Firebombs charge man remanded in custody

A 39-year-old man appeared before magistrates in Belfast today in connection with the planting of two firebombs in shopping centres in the North last year.

Self-employed sandwich bar owner Martin Gerard Rafferty, from Fairyknowe Park, Newtownabbey, faced two charges in connection with the discovery of incendiary devices in shopping centres in south Belfast and Newtownards in March 2005.