The Five Demands

L’accusa chiede tempo per esaminare una nuova richiesta della difesa

Ancora incerta la sorte di Colin Duffy, e con lui quella di Brian Shivers co-imputato nel procedimento preliminare sull’attentato alla base militare di Massereene in cui perirono sotto i colpi del Real IRA i soldati Mark Quinsey e Patrick Azimkhar.
L’accusa ha richiesto un tempo maggior per poter esaminare nuove richieste inoltrate dagli avvocati della difesa che ha portato alla luce un caso della Corte d’Appello in cui una condanna venne annullata per il fatto che la prova del DNA non era sufficiente per condannare un uomo. E la difesa sottolinea che in quel caso le prove era più schiaccianti rispetto a quello di cui siamo ora in presenza.
Il giudice distrettuale George Connor ha sottolineato che si tratta di un notevole sviluppo e all’accusa dovrebbe essere consentito il tempo necessario per analizzare la nuova situazione.
La corte si riunirà nuovamente il 26 ottobre per fissare una data per la conclusione delle indagini preliminari atte ad accertare se Colin Duffy e Brian Shivers dovranno o meno affrontare il processo.

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Massereene murder trial decision delayed (BBC News Northern Ireland)
Murder-accused Colin Duffy Colin Duffy is charged with murdering the two young soldiers
A judge has delayed a decision on whether two men will stand trial for the Real IRA murders of two soldiers at Massereene barracks last year.
Colin Francis Duffy, 42, from Forest Glebe in Lurgan and Brian Patrick Shivers, 45, from Sperrin Mews in Magherafelt are charged with murder.
They also face several charges of attempted murder.
The case was adjourned after prosecution lawyers asked for more time to examine a fresh defence submission.
Quashed
Sappers Mark Quinsey and Patrick Azimkhar were shot dead by gunmen on 7 March last year, hours before they were due to be deployed to Afghanistan.
A number of other people were wounded, including a man delivering pizza to the soldiers.
Defence lawyers raised a Court of Appeal case where a conviction was quashed on the basis that DNA evidence was insufficient to convict a man.
The evidence in this case, which defence lawyers claimed was similar to the one being made against their clients, involved an attempt to burn a car, Coleraine Magistrates Court was told.
The men’s lawyers argued the evidence in the Court of Appeal case was stronger than that against their clients.
District Judge George Connor said that this was a significant development and the prosecution should be allowed to take their time to analyse the case.
The court is to reconvene via videolink on 26 October to set a date for the conclusion of the preliminary enquiry into whether the two men should stand trial.