Dublin Men's Bomb Plot Trial Judgment Reserved

0:00I'm Cory with the story. That's your year of news today update. AI powered and always on. Judgment got reserved today in the trial of two Dublin men charged with trying to kill an off-duty police officer back in June 2015. Sean Paul Farrell, 41 from Crumlin and Ciren McGuire, 38 from Fingless, both deny attempting to murder a PSNI member and possessing. Plastic explosives meant to endanger life. The plot involved a booby-trap bomb under the cops car in Eglinton, Co-London Dairy, but his wife interrupted the guy planting in. Hours after that close call, Gardai nabbed the pair along with a third suspect, Sean McVey, and a stolen Volkswagen Passat near Kiligordin, Donacoil. They found another stolen Toyota nearby with a key from Farrell that unlocked it. Both cars had fake plates and were spotted together near the scene. McVey already got convicted on the same charges and landed a 25-year sentence back in March 2019. Prosecutors built a circumstantial case, pointing to gloves ditched at the arrest spot,

1:03no phones on the men and their refusal to ID themselves as, signs they were in it together. The defense fired back hard, saying there's no proof either guy was even driving the cars or near Eglinton that night, calling the evidence full of. Gaps and just wild guesses. In today's closing arguments, the crown stressed how all the pieces fit into an irresistible inference of guilt, especially since the defendants. Didn't testify. Their lawyers argued it was all leaps, no solid links to the bomb plot or Northern Ireland presence, and even flagged potential forensic mix-ups at. The station, the judge, Mr. Justice Rooney, in this no-jury, diplox-style trial, said he'd rule as soon as possible, leaving everyone waiting on what comes next in. This long-running case from 9 years ago.