John Downey fails in second bail application

December 9, 2019

Donegal man John Downey, who stands accused of the murder of two UDR soldiers, has had another bail application refused today.

Downey appeared at Belfast Magistrates’ Court, where lawyers made the case that he would qualify for early release if he were to be convicted and handed a two-year sentence for Troubles-related offences, the Belfast Telegraph reports.

However, the 67-year-old’s second application was denied, with the prosecution saying that he was unsuitable for bail. His renewed application for bail was first denied in November, when £225,000 in cash and a further £500,000 in equity was proposed as sureties.

Downey, who has an address in Creeslough Co. Donegal, is charged with murdering two British soldiers in an IRA bomb attack in Enniskillen in 1972. He was extradited to the UK after handing himself into gardaí in October.

Read more at: https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/alleged-ira-bomber-john-downey-denied-bail-for-second-time-38767240.html

 

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