The Five Demands

Il tribunale lituano di Vilnius ha rigettato la richiesta di scarcerazione per Michael Campbell, arrestato il 22 gennaio dello scorso anno per contrabbando di armi ed affiliazione all’Irish Republican Army.
Nonostante i tentativi della difesa di convincere i giudici che Michael Campbell si era recato nei Paesi Baltici per recuperare delle sigarette (nei Paesi Bassi Campbell è schedato per contrabbando di tabacco, n.d.r.), egli dovrà restare in carcere almeno fino al 22 marzo.
Michael Campbell rischia fino a 8 anni di carcere per l’accusa di contrabbando di armi, e fino a 20 anni per affiliazione ad un’organizzazione terroristica.
La difesa sostiene che ci sia una collaborazione tra i servizi di intelligence irlandese, britannico e lituano.

Irish Terror Arms Suspect Must Stay In Jail (Easy Bourse)
A Lithuanian court has refused to release an Irishman suspected of links with a splinter group of the Irish Republican Army, who was snared in a fake arms deal a year ago, officials said Wednesday.
The Vilnius court decided Michael Campbell, 35, must remain behind bars until at least March 22, the tribunal’s spokeswoman Kristina Kisieliene told AFP.
Campbell was arrested in Vilnius on Jan. 22 last year, while negotiating with an undercover police officer.
He risks charges of attempting to obtain weapons illegally, which carries a sentence of up to eight years, and supporting a terrorist organization, where the penalty is up to 20 years.
Defense lawyers have argued that Campbell, who reportedly has a criminal record in the Netherlands for tobacco-smuggling, was simply in the Baltic state to buy cigarettes. They allege he was set up by U.K. and Irish intelligence working hand in hand with the Lithuanians.