Michael McKevitt Released
Michael McKevitt (65) has spent the past number of weeks on
temporary release at his home in Blackrock, Co Louth.
However, he has now been formally released after his
sentence expired on Sunday.
McKevitt was released from Portlaoise Prison where he served
his sentence for directing terrorism and was also convicted of membership of an
illegal organisation after being convicted in the Special Criminal Court in
August 2003.
McKevitt, who has cancer, was one of four men found liable
for the Omagh bombing in a civil action at Belfast High Court taken by
relatives of the dead.
The Real IRA bomb killed 29 people and unborn twins on
August 15, 1998.
In a statement to the media, McKevitt denied having anything
to do the atrocity.
“I had no involvement in the bombing whatsoever. I was
stitched-up from the outset,” he said.
“Within days of the bombing, I said that I had no hand, act
or part in the bombing and that remains my position.”
He added that the British presence in Ireland is
“illegitimate”.
Michael McKevitt Released, Real IRA, Omagh Bomb
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