Bail refused in mortar plot case

Two suspected dissident republicans charged in connection with a mortar bomb find were refused bail today after a judge said they posed a serious risk to society.

Gary McDaid, 37, from Glenowen Park, and Seamus McLaughlin, 35, from Eastway Gardens, both in Derry, appeared at the city’s Magistrates’ Court this morning charged with three offences relating to the discovery of four primed mortars on Sunday night.