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Colin Duffy bail case adjourned over strip-search claim (BBC News Northern Ireland)
A bail application by a man accused of murdering two soldiers has been adjourned amid an “ongoing issue” on strip-searching in Maghaberry jail.
A defence lawyer told Belfast Crown Court that Colin Duffy, 43, had not been brought from the prison.
Mr Duffy, of Forest Glade, Lurgan and 45-year-old Brian Shivers, 45, of Sperrin Mews, Magherafelt, deny murdering the soldiers in March 2009.
The bail application was adjourned until August.
A trial date was set for 7 November.
Mr Duffy’s lawyer told the court there was also an issue of obtaining transcripts of earlier bail hearings from his former solicitors.
Both men deny six charges of attempted murder and possessing firearms used in the attack at Massereene Barracks in Antrim.
Sappers Patrick Azimkar and Mark Quinsey were killed and two other soldiers and two civilians injured in the attack after pizzas had been delivered to the barracks.
Last October, Mr Duffy alleged he had been subjected to sexual and physical abuse during a prison strip-search and although another prisoner was granted leave for the situation to come under a judicial review, Mr Justice Treacy ruled last month that they were lawful.
A Crown lawyer said there was no objection to the adjournment.

Bid to resolve Maghaberry Prison strip search issue (BBC News Northern Ireland)
Talks between prison authorities and dissident republican prisoners are being held in a bid to resolve the strip-search issue in Maghaberry jail.
The prison service said it was committed to dialogue with prisoners to address issues of concern.
Lurgan republican Colin Duffy, who is remanded on murder charges, did not appear at his bail hearing on Tuesday.
His lawyer said he had not been brought from the prison “on foot” of the issue of full body searches.
The lawyer asked for the bail application to be adjourned until August.
Prison authorities and republican prisoners also held talks on the strip search issue last year.
A prisons spokesperson said on Wednesday: “The Northern Ireland Prison Service remains committed to the full implementation of the agreement reached last August regarding Roe House and is committed to dialogue with prisoners so that issues of concern can be addressed.
“The prison service has a duty of care to prisoners, staff and the wider public and must take every precaution to ensure that illicit items are not smuggled into or out of prisons.
“There is a requirement on all prisoners leaving and entering prisons in Great Britain and Northern Ireland to undergo a full body search.”