A brother of former INLA leader Dominic McGlinchey told the Special Criminal Court in Dublin yesterday that he had no reason to believe that a Strabane man was an INLA member.
Seán McGlinchey, who served 18 years in prison for IRA activities and who is now a senior Sinn Féin member, said he did not believe Eddie McGarrigle was an INLA member.
Mr McGlinchey said that he would not have come to court to give evidence on Mr McGarrigle’s behalf if he believed he was in the INLA.
He told the court that he had held senior positions in the IRA and Sinn Féin and his brother Dominic had been involved for years in the INLA.
Edward McGarrigle (43), Melmont Gardens, Strabane, Co Tyrone, Neil Myles (54), no fixed abode, and John McCrossan (47), Ballycoleman, Strabane, Co Tyrone, have pleaded not guilty to membership the INLA on February 22nd, 2008.