Man on pipe-bomb charges

A member of a breakaway loyalist organisation was alleged in the High Court, in Belfast, yesterday to have been actively involved…

A member of a breakaway loyalist organisation was alleged in the High Court, in Belfast, yesterday to have been actively involved in recent sectarian pipe bomb attacks in the Armagh area.

Mr William John Maguinness (47) is charged with having component parts of pipe bombs allegedly found in his garden at Lisanally Gardens, Armagh. Bail was refused.

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