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Damien (DD) McLaughlin trial date to be set January 26th

A TRIAL date is to be set in two weeks’ time for a man charged in connection with the murder of prison officer David Black. Damien McLaughlin (41), of Kilmascally Road, Dungannon, was due to stand trial last year but breached his bail and absconded from Northern Ireland. McLaughlin had previously pleaded not guilty to aiding and abetting the murder of Mr Black on November 1, 2012, two charges of…

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#A TRIAL date is to be set in two weeks&039; time for a man charged in connection with the murder of prison officer David Black #At Belfast Crown Court today Mr Justice Colton asked why no trial date had yet been set in the case #Damien (DD) McLaughlin trial date to be set January 26th #Damien McLaughlin (41)#daughter Kyra and son Kyle were later visited by the PSNI officer leading the manhunt for McLaughlin #DCS Murray said he had visited the Black family "to offer sincere apologies on behalf of the PSNI for the stress and worry this situati #Defence barrister Desmond Hutton told the the judge that McLaughlin - who didn&039;t appear for the brief proceedings - had been "abro #Detective Chief Supt Raymond Murray #Dungannon #en route to Letterkenny #Following a massive cross border manhunt #He failed to stop his extradition to Northern Ireland with his lawyers telling the High Court in Dublin that he could be "subjected to #His disappearance while on bail provoked a public outcry from David Black&039;s family who said they "felt let down and hurt by the ju #McLaughlin had previously pleaded not guilty to aiding and abetting the murder of Mr Black on November 1.2012 #McLaughlin was eventually arrested by armed Gardai on March 2 last year while walking along a street in Ramelton #McLaughlin was on bail at an address in west Belfast when he went on the run #Mr Black&039;s widow Yvonne #Mr Justice Colton said he would list the case for Friday January 26 when a date for trial would be set #namely the IRA #of Kilmascally Road #Police called at the address in December 2017 but he could not be found and milk in the fridge was four weeks out of date #Prosecution counsel Terence Moonney QC said that McLaughlin&039;s extradition from the Republic had been approved late last year #The failure by the PSNI to carry out regular bail checks on McLaughlin is currently the subject of a Police Ombudsman investigation #The High Court in Dublin made a ruling on December 2 to have the defendant formally extradited back to Northern Ireland #The prosecution counsel said he had no objections to a defence application to adjourn proceedings for a fortnight to allow for further discu #two charges of possessing articles for use in terrorism #two counts of preparation for acts of terrorism and belonging to a proscribed organisation #was due to stand trial last year but breached his bail and absconded from Northern Ireland #With many thanks to: Irish Republican Prisoner News and the Irish News for the origional story

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