20/02/2004

Adair son appears in court over drugs charges

The son of leading loyalist Johnny Adair has pleaded guilty to a number of drugs charges in England.

Jonathon Adair, 19, appeared before Bolton Crown Court on Friday charged with conspiring to supply heroin and crack cocaine.

Adair, who spoke in court only when confirming his name and entering his guilty plea, was in court with co-accused Ben Dowie, 22, and William Truesdale, 40, also from Belfast.

All three individuals, who live in the Horwich area of Greater Manchester, were remained in custody to appear before court on 12th March for pre-sentence reports.

Elsewhere, a Co Louth man has been jailed for 10 years today after being caught with the materials for a huge car bomb in 1998.

Derek Brady of Cedarwood Park in Dundalk pleaded guilty to the possession of 1,240Ibs of home made explosives.

He was arrested at a shed in Dundalk in 1998 alongside another man, Kevin Murray in possession of other components, including two adapted beer kegs, detonator fuse, and a time and power unit.

However, Brady failed to turn up for his trial in May 1999 and was arrested in Dundalk last year.

Murray, who was jailed for 12 years shortly after the incident, later died in prison.

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