Man charged with 1990 bombing in Northern Ireland went on the run, court hears

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. He was not present and is believed to have gone on the run from that address at that time PSNI detective chief inspector “Efforts were made to locate Mr O’Boyle at his home address on 26 November,” he told the court. “He was not present and is believed to have gone on the run from that address at that time.” The detective said the accused’s Volkswagen was seized on November 26 and forensic tests identified traces of explosives on the front passenger seat and on a polythene sheet in the footwell on the front passenger side. A prosecution lawyer told the court there was “sufficient circumstantial evidence” to support a prima facie case against O’Boyle “It’s a circumstantial case made up of several strands of which the forensic evidence is one,” he said. The accused’s solicitor Peter Corrigan, from Belfast-based solicitors’ firm Phoenix Law, challenged the connection with the case, claiming there were several “deficiencies” with the evidence.