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David Black murder: Man remanded in custody | |
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A 36-year-old man has been remanded in custody charged in connection with the murder of prison officer David Black. | |
Damien Joseph McLaughlin, 36, from Kilmascally Road, Dungannon, appeared at Lisburn Magistrates Court. | |
He is accused of obtaining a car in the Republic of Ireland which police believe is linked to Mr Black's murder. | |
A defence lawyer said there was insufficient evidence to connect Mr McLaughlin to the charge. However, this was dismissed by the district judge. | |
He was remanded in custody until 4 January. | |
Mr Black, 52, was shot on the M1 as he drove to work in November. | |
A police officer told the court that police in the Republic have CCTV footage which linked the accused to the car's movements from the Republic into Northern Ireland. | |
He admitted, however, that police in Northern Ireland have not yet obtained it from the Garda SÃochana but will in due course. | |
A man, 44, arrested in Dublin on Tuesday is to appear at the Special Criminal Court in the city later charged in connection with Mr Black's murder. | |
A woman, 31, was also arrested in Dublin on Tuesday in connection with the case. It is not known whether she has been charged. | |
Mr Black was the first prison officer to be murdered in Northern Ireland in 20 years. | Mr Black was the first prison officer to be murdered in Northern Ireland in 20 years. |
The father-of-two had been driving to his work at Maghaberry Prison, Northern Ireland's high security jail, when he was attacked by members of a new dissident republican group calling itself the IRA. |