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17/10/2006
Man remanded over hijacking spree
A 23-year-old man has appeared at Armagh Magistrates Court charged in connection with a cross border hijacking spree last month.
John Paul Collins, of Salisbury Avenue in Slough, was charged with 16 offences including robbery, hijacking, theft, making threats to kill and assaulting police.
He was remanded in custody and will appear in court via video-link next month.
A second man, aged 32-years-old, who was arrested alongside Collins in London earlier this week, was released on police bail pending further inquiries.
The arrests were connected with a number of hijacking incidents in County Down, County Armagh and County Louth in the Republic of Ireland on September 14.
In total, nine vehicles were stolen or damaged, and a number of people were injured.
A 31-year-old man has already been remanded in custody on nine charges related to the same incidents.
(EF)
John Paul Collins, of Salisbury Avenue in Slough, was charged with 16 offences including robbery, hijacking, theft, making threats to kill and assaulting police.
He was remanded in custody and will appear in court via video-link next month.
A second man, aged 32-years-old, who was arrested alongside Collins in London earlier this week, was released on police bail pending further inquiries.
The arrests were connected with a number of hijacking incidents in County Down, County Armagh and County Louth in the Republic of Ireland on September 14.
In total, nine vehicles were stolen or damaged, and a number of people were injured.
A 31-year-old man has already been remanded in custody on nine charges related to the same incidents.
(EF)
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