The case against a man accused of murdering 29 people in the Omagh bomb massacre will collapse because there is no admissible evidence, his lawyer claimed in court yesterday.
Seán Hoey (35), from Jonesborough, south Armagh, faces 61 terrorist and explosives charges including the "Real IRA" bombing in Omagh seven years ago.
A committal hearing is due to be held on August 30th, but Mr Hoey's solicitor, Peter Corrigan, claimed the evidence was insufficient to warrant sending him for trial.
Mr Corrigan told Belfast Magistrates' Court that during interviews it was put to Mr Hoey that because other bombs to which he was allegedly linked were constructed in a similar way then he must have been the person who made the Omagh bomb.
He said that if the magistrate at the committal hearing was of the same view, his client would not be sent for trial because the evidence against him had no probative value.
Mr Corrigan applied for an adjournment to make a written legal submission that the evidence had not sufficient probative value to permit the case to proceed.
The hearing was adjourned to August 19th.