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| Charge dropped in Omagh bomb case | Charge dropped in Omagh bomb case |
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| One of the charges against a man accused of the Omagh bombing has been dropped after prosecution lawyers accepted there was no case to answer. | One of the charges against a man accused of the Omagh bombing has been dropped after prosecution lawyers accepted there was no case to answer. |
| The charge relates to a car bombing in Banbridge, County Down, some weeks before the attack in Omagh in 1998. | |
| The prosecution also conceded there may not be enough evidence to support a charge of conspiracy to murder relating to an attack near Armagh in July 1998. | |
| Sean Hoey, 37, of Jonesborough, County Armagh, still faces 56 charges. | |
| They include the murders of 29 people in the County Tyrone town. | They include the murders of 29 people in the County Tyrone town. |