Eamonn O'Boyle, 53, appears in court over 1990 Randalstown bomb attack
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Eamonn O'Boyle of Derrybeg in Gweedore, County Donegal was also charged with possessing explosives with intent at Ballymena Magistrates court.Mr O'Boyle's car was stopped at a checkpoint 40 minutes before the blast, the court heard. The senior officer said that 15 minutes after the explosion, an Ulster Defence Regiment patrol recognised Mr O'Boyle and his passenger changing clothes at the rear of a hotel in Toomebridge.
Traces of explosives had been found in the car belonging to the accused after it had been seized, the court heard.A defence solicitor, Peter Corrigan of Phoenix Law, questioned the value of the forensic evidence against his client.Mr Corrigan added there was an equal chance that contamination resulted in traces of explosives being detected during a forensic examination of the car.
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