Court asked to set aside asset transfers made by man found liable for Omagh bombing

In 2013, following a long legal battle Colm Murphy (pictured), who was a successful businessman, was along with three other men found by Belfast High Court to be liable for the bombing. File photo: Haydn West/PA Wire

An application to set aside asset transfers involving one of the men found liable for the Omagh bombing has been admitted to the fast-track Commercial Court list.

The Court heard today the alleged asset transfers were made by Michael Colm Murphy, a discharged bankrupt, to his former wife Anne Murphy and sister-in-law Rita Hoey.