ONE OF the men found liable for the Omagh bombing yesterday lost his High Court bid to be released from jail in Northern Ireland.
Liam Campbell is being held in custody while Lithuanian authorities seek his extradition over an alleged arms smuggling plot.
His lawyers applied for a writ of habeas corpus by claiming his continued detention at Maghaberry Prison was unlawful.
They combined their request to have him let out of jail with an attempt to quash the decision to hold extradition proceedings in Belfast rather than Dublin.
But after hearing the case judges dismissed both applications and said they would give their reasons at a later date.
The 46-year-old, from Upper Faughart, Dundalk, Co Louth, is wanted in Lithuania over a suspected operation to acquire and ship guns, ammunition and explosives from the eastern European state to Ireland.