Special Criminal Court asks to hear anti-terror evidence in NI

The non-jury Special Criminal Court in Dublin has asked for permission to hear evidence in Northern Ireland in the trial of a Belfast man accused of shooting dead a man in the city last year.

The trial under rarely used anti-terrorist laws opened today, of Belfast man Gerard Mackin who has denied the murder of taxi driver Mr Edward Burns, a 36-year-old father of five, at Bog Meadow, Falls Road, Belfast on March 12, 2007.