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Fri 04 Apr 2009Special Criminal Court may be used for gang trials
MINISTER FOR Justice Dermot Ahern is planning tough new measures for gangland criminals, including trials at the non-jury Special Criminal Court for those charged with a new offence of membership of a crime gang.
Evidence gathered via new covert bugging operations along with the sworn testimony of senior Garda officers would form the cornerstone of gangland prosecutions at the Special Criminal Court, which has rarely been used for non-terrorist trials.
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