Image: Rollingnews.ie Image: Rollingnews.ie THE TOTAL AMOUNT of explosives found in a car on the Naas Road in Dublin three years ago equated to almost three quarters of the amount used in the Omagh bombing, the Special Criminal Court has heard.
At their sentence hearing in the Special Criminal Court this morning, Detective Sergeant Tom Power, a ballistics expert, compared the volume or weight of the explosives found in the boot of the car on the Naas Road with other high-profile bombs previously found elsewhere by gardaí. Detective Sergent Peter Whelan gave evidence in the trial that he could see between 15 and 20 detonators “sticking out” from underneath the front passenger seat of the car when he stopped it on 13 April.The court heard this morning that Brock was convicted in the Special Criminal Court in 2008 for possessing firearms and ammunition and subsequently received a six-year sentence which was backdated to 2007.
It also heard he lives in south inner city Dublin where he works as a barber/hairdresser and has his own business.