Man remanded on grenade charge

Mr McNulty covers his head as he enters the court

A 37-year-old County Tyrone man has been remanded in custody in connection with a grenade attack in Strabane on 26 May.

Martin Joseph McNulty, a taxi driver from St Colman's Drive, appeared before Strabane Magistrates Court on Wednesday.

He was charged with withholding information about the attempted murder of security forces in the Bowling Green and Barrack Street area between the May 26 and 29.

A rocket containing more than 1lb of the explosive, Semtex was abandoned at the RUC station on Barrack Street just before midnight on 26 May, after it misfired.

Attacked: Strabane RUC station

The device was defused by bomb disposal experts after it was discovered by a passing police patrol.

No-one was injured in the attack and no damage was caused.

Twelve homes were evacuated during the clear-up operation which finished at 0500 BST on Sunday.

A detective constable said Mr McNulty made no reply when the charge was put to him at Strabane RUC station on Tuesday.

The detective agreed with the defence solicitor that Martin Joseph McNulty had gone voluntarily to the police station.

He said that during interviews with detectives, Mr McNulty had made clear twice that his car had been hijacked.

He also said he had been threatened and a gun was pointed at his head.

Mr McNulty told police that the armed and masked gang told him they knew him and where he was from.

He was remanded in custody until the 7th of June.