La polizia scozzese ha accusato un sesto uomo di cospirazione per commettere atti di terrorismo ed assassinare ex paramilitari UDA
Il cinquantaseienne è stato anche accusato di aver pianificato atti di terrorismo in un’abitazione a Cathcart, Glasgow.
Gorman, di Irvine, non ha fatto alcuna dichiarazione in aula ed è stato rimandato in custodia.
Martin Hughes, Anton Duffy, Paul Sands, Edward McVeigh e Stacy McAllister sono stati fermati la scorsa settimana dalla polizia scozzese.
Insieme a Gorman sono tutti accusati di aver pianificato una campagna di terrore nel Regno Unito.
Avrebbero cercato di acquisire armi ed esplosivi per vari reati legati al terrorismo, tra cui “danneggiamento alla proprietà e omicidio di civili”.
Gorman è comparso in aula alla Glasgow Sheriff Court nella giornata di venerdì. Dovrà presenziare ad una nuova udienza prossimamente per conoscere tutte le accuse a suo carico.
I sei sospettati volevano assassinare Johnny “Mad Dog” Adair e Samuel McCrory, entrambi prominenti membri della “Compagnia C” dell’Ulster Defence Association a Belfast negli anni Novanta. Furono coinvolti nell’assassinio di simpatizzanti repubblicani.
Entrambi gli ex paramilitari lealisti hanno vissuto nell’Ayrshire per alcuni anni.
La polizia scozzese è stata appoggiata in questa operazione dai servizi di sicurezza e dal Police Service of Northern Ireland.
Dopo gli arresti, la polizia ha detto di essersi focalizzata “sulle attività di persona simpatizzanti del repubblicanesimo, ma che non hanno affiliati ad alcun gruppo specifico”.
Tratto da Belfast Daily
SIXTH DISSIDENT SUSPECT CHARGED OVER PLOT TO MURDER JOHNNY ADAIR
POLICE in Scotland have charged a sixth person with conspiring to commit acts of terrorism and murder ex-UDA members.
The 56-year-old has also been charged with conspiring at a property in Cathcart, Glasgow, to commit acts of terrorism.
Gorman, from Irvine, made no plea or declaration at Glasgow Sheriff Court and was remanded in custody.
Martin Hughes, 34, Anton Duffy, 39, and 27-year-old Stacy McAllister, all from Glasgow; Paul Sands, 30, from Ayr; and Edward McVeigh, 26, from Portpatrick, were detained during police raids across the country last week.
Along with Mr Gorman, they are all accused of plotting to carry out a terrorist campaign in the UK.
It is alleged they tried to get hold of firearms and explosives with a view to carrying out terrorist offences, including “damage to property and murder of civilians”.
Mr Gorman appeared in private at Glasgow Sheriff Court on Friday. He is due to appear at a later date for full committal.
A convoy of police vehicles bring dissident republican suspects to court in Glasgow earlier this week
The other five accused appeared in court on 29 October and made no plea or declaration and were also remanded in custody.
It is alleged that they all conspired to murder Johnny “Mad Dog” Adair and Samuel McCrory, who were both senior figures in the notorious “C company” of the loyalist UDA in the 1990s and were involved in the murder of republican sympathisers.
Both men have lived in Ayrshire for several years.
The operation which saw the six people detained was led by Police Scotland and also involved the Police Service of Northern Ireland and the security service.
After the operation, Police Scotland said it had focused on the “activities of individuals sympathetic to dissident republicanism, but who are not affiliated to any specific group”.