Down man admits to making a blast bomb Ross Hardy and Rebecca Gregory 25 May, 2021 14:33
A Co Down man has admitted making a blast bomb.
While 22-year-old Ross Hardy entered a guilty plea to making an explosive device between November 2018 and 1 December 2019, both he and his partner Rebecca Gregory, also 22, denied a further count of possessing an explosive substance under suspicious circumstances on 30 November 2019.
Following the brief arraignment at Newry Crown Court, prosecuting counsel Geraldine McCullough said she thought the case would need a two day trial.
The charges arise after a viable, improvised blast bomb device which had to be made safe by bomb disposal experts, was uncovered in a kitchen cupboard at Gregory’s home.