Kidnap plot man jailed

A paraplegic man was jailed for three years by the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today for INLA membership linked to a plot to a kidnap a Cork businessman.

Edward Mc Garrigle (aged 44), of Melmount Gardens, Strabane, Co Tyrone was convicted last July of INLA membership on February 22, 2008 but his sentencing was adjourned after Mc Garrigle, who has been confined to a wheelchair since 1984, fractured his leg requiring extended medical treatment in the North.