One of the men charged in connection with the claim of responsibility for the shooting of Detective Chief Inspector John Caldwell in Omagh in February 2023 has failed in an application to get his curfew extended.
Tiernan McFadden (25) of Carnhill in Derry is charged with possessing articles likely to be of use to terrorists relating to the claim of responsibility by the New IRA for the shooting of the PSNI Chief Inspector in Omagh which appeared on a piece of paper stuck on a wall in Creggan.
McFadden is currently on bail with a curfew from 7pm until 6am and has made applications in the past to have that time varied.
A prosecution barrister recounted details of the claim of responsibility which was made by a piece of paper stuck to a wall in Central Drive.
She told the court McFadden was linked to this claim by CCTV, observations from undercover witnesses, data from mobile phones and social media.
She said the defendant also generated content relating to the dissident republican groups Saoradh and Eistigi.
The barrister said that McFadden had been unsuccessful in a recent application for permission to go to Amsterdam with his partner.
The court heard that police believed there was a “real risk of re-offending” and “there was no need to interfere with conditions that had been successful in preventing contact with other members of dissident republican groups.”
Defence counsel Stephen Mooney said that his client faced a “significant curfew” and that conditions that initially may have been “proportionate and necessary were now punitive.”
He said that there was a difference between a 7pm curfew in the darkness of November and a 7pm curfew on brighter evenings.
Deputy District Judge John Rea said he was not satisfied with the merits of the application and refused it.
McFadden is due to face a Preliminary Enquiry next month.