Dissident republicans, The real
ira, Belfast trial, conviction, guilty plea
A Craigavon man has been
remanded into custody after he admitted having guns, "full metal
jacket" bullets and an improvised rocket propelled grenade launcher.
The trial of Thomas John
Edwards, 49 and from Meadowbrook, Tullygally, was due to start at Belfast Crown
Court on Tuesday but instead, defence lawyer Andrew Moriarty asked for the charges
to be put to him again.
Edwards pleaded guilty to
5.1g of mixed small arms propellant and a grip-stock assembly for a Propelled
Recoilless Improvised Grenade (PRIG) launcher on 10 August, 2011 with intent to
"enable another person to endanger life or cause serious injury to property
in the United Kingdom or the Republic of Ireland".
He also pleaded guilty to
having a Beretta pistol, an assault rifle, two magazines and a total of 47
"full metal jacketed bullets" with the same intention.
Edwards admitted a further
charge of possessing a balaclava for a terrorist purpose and providing his home
for terrorism.
No facts of the case were
opened in court on Tuesday.
Edwards was remanded into
custody until he is sentenced in September by which time pre-sentence probation
reports will have been compiled.
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