A MAN accused of plotting to blow up Thiepval Barracks, Lisburn, the Northern Ireland headquarters of the British army, was the source of sensitive documents found by the RUC, it was alleged in the Belfast High Court yesterday.
The claim was made by a crown lawyer objecting to a bail application by Mrs Mary Teresa Clarke, (45), from Coolnasilla Park West, Belfast, who is charged with possessing documents likely to be useful to terrorists.
The lawyer claimed Mrs Clarke - a separated mother of three - was the partner of Mr Bobby Storey, who was charged last week on related charges and remanded in custody. Police searched her home on November 7th and found the documents.
He said the documents, mainly computer print outs belonging to the medical insurance company BUPA, contained names of people in the prison service as well as construction workers who did work for the security forces.
"The name of Michael Rogan is on the back of the forms," said the lawyer. "He is a former employee of BUPA and has recently been charged with conspiracy to cause an explosion at Thiepval Barracks, Lisburn.
"The suggestion is that he obtained the computer print outs in the course of his employment and passed them to other people. There is no doubt that these documents had only one purpose in the hands of terrorists and that is to terrorise and assassinate people involved with the security forces or people working for them."
Mrs Clarke's solicitor, Mr Barra McGrory, claimed that although Mr Storey spent two or three nights a week in her house, he was not her partner. He said that after separating from her husband she had returned to studies and had graduated from the University of Ulster with an honours degree.
"She is a responsible and caring parent with a completely clear record and is not a woman who would in any way be involved with terrorism", said Mr McGrory.
While at Castlereagh holding centre she had denied any knowledge of the documents and there was no evidence of her fingerprints being on them.
Mr Justice Pringle said that despite the seriousness of the offence he was prepared to grant bail. He released Mrs Clarke on her own bail of £250 with two sureties of £2,000 each and ordered her to report to the RUC three times a week.