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Tyrone man ordered to stand trial accused of damaging an Orange Hall

A CO Tyrone man has been ordered to stand trial accused of damaging an Orange Hall six years ago.

Allowed to remain standing in the body of Dungannon Magistrates Court yesterday, 25-year-old Marc Devlin confirmed that he was aware of the two charges against him and that he was not objecting to the Preliminary Enquiry committal proceedings.

Devlin, from the Gortnaclough Road in Stewartstown, is accused of breaking into Mulnagore Orange Hall near Pomeroy "with intent to do unlawful damage to the building or anything therein" and with causing criminal damage to picture frames belonging to the Orange Hall on 18 July 2009.

Although facts of the case were opened in court, a prosecuting lawyer submitted that "based on the legal papers before the court," there is a Prima Facie case against Devlin, a submission which his defence solicitor took no issue with.

Releasing Devlin on his own bail of £200, District Judge John Meehan ordered him to appear before Dungannon Crown Court for arraignment on October 15.