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27/05/2003
Man appears in court on firearms charge
A man has been remanded in custody on a firearms charge at Lisburn Magistrates Court today.
The charge relates to an incident last month when two men where shot by police after their car failed to stop at a checkpoint on the Crumlin Road at Upper Ballinderry.
David Somers, of no fixed address, appeared via a video link in court.
He was arrested during a police surveillance operation that ended in officers shooting at a car near Lisburn on 29 April
Mr Somers, 22, who is currently unemployed, was charged with possession of a sawn-off semi-automatic shotgun with intent to endanger life. He was remanded in custody to appear in court again via video-link on 24 June.
Neil John McConville, 21, from Bleary in Craigavon, one of the passengers in the car at the time of the incident, died in the shooting. A second man was wounded in the incident.
(MB)
The charge relates to an incident last month when two men where shot by police after their car failed to stop at a checkpoint on the Crumlin Road at Upper Ballinderry.
David Somers, of no fixed address, appeared via a video link in court.
He was arrested during a police surveillance operation that ended in officers shooting at a car near Lisburn on 29 April
Mr Somers, 22, who is currently unemployed, was charged with possession of a sawn-off semi-automatic shotgun with intent to endanger life. He was remanded in custody to appear in court again via video-link on 24 June.
Neil John McConville, 21, from Bleary in Craigavon, one of the passengers in the car at the time of the incident, died in the shooting. A second man was wounded in the incident.
(MB)
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