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Murphy launches new legal challenge to Omagh retrial

Colm Murphy has launched a new legal challenge to his retrial on a conspiracy charge connected with the 1998 Real IRA bombing in Omagh in which 29 people, including a woman pregnant with twins, died.

Murphy launches new legal challenge to Omagh retrial

Fri, 21 Dec, 2007 - 12:05

Colm Murphy has launched a new legal challenge to his retrial on a conspiracy charge connected with the 1998 Real IRA bombing in Omagh in which 29 people, including a woman pregnant with twins, died.

The High Court last October cleared the way for Murphy's retrial after it refused an application to halt the trial.

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