Un bărbat de 47 de ani apare în fața instanței în legătură cu tentativă de atac cu bombă de mașină la secția de poliție din Lurgan

A 47-YEAR-OLD MAN has appeared in court charged with attempted murder over an attempted car bomb attack on Lurgan police station.
The New IRA claimed responsibility for the incident that saw a pizza delivery driver hijacked in Kilwilkie and forced to drive a pipe bomb to the station on the night of 30 March.
The device did not explode but was deemed to be viable before being made safe and being tested for forensics.
Barry Anthony Toman, with an address at Drumnamoe Avenue in Lurgan, appeared before the Craigavon Magistrates’ Court via video link today.
He was described as a “committed, violent terrorist” as the court was told his DNA could be found on five different parts of the bomb.
Toman was charged with attempted murder, an attempt to cause an explosion, and hijacking by compelling a person to drive a car carrying an improvised explosive device relating to the attack near Lurgan PSNI station.
He was also charged with possession of explosives with intent to endanger life on a date before 31 March.
He was one of three people arrested on Wednesday by police investigating the incident.
In court today, he spoke only to confirm he understood the charges against him.
A PSNI detective chief inspector said he could connect the accused to the charges as he outlined DNA, CCTV and phone evidence to the court.
The DCI explained that, on the night in question, a pizza delivery driver was responding to an order made over phone with the cost to be paid on delivery.
The address on the delivery was at the top end of an alleyway, with the occupants of the house later telling police they did not make the order.
The DCI said Toman’s home address was on the 200-metre-long alleyway.
He said CCTV showed two people emerging before making demands and physically ushering the driver into the alleyway.
Police assert that one of the people, a male, primed the bomb and placed it into the boot of the driver’s car before a second male brings the delivery driver back to the car door and makes threatening motion.
The DCI said the driver drove the bomb to the front gate of Lurgan PSNI station under instruction, where he told the police about the bomb.
The hearing heard specifics on how the timing device was intended to detonate the bomb, which was described as a timed pipe bomb containing explosives and shrapnel surrounded by jars of flammable liquid to “create maximum fire damage”.
The area around the station was cordoned off and nearby premises were evacuated before army technical officers were called to the scene.
The DCI said DNA matching Toman was found on five locations on the device, including the edge of a battery compartment, an AA battery that was found in the boot that was believed to have been in the bomb, a piece of tape holding wires, and on a screw.
The court heard that over the course of more than five hours across nine police interviews, Toman did not provide any comment to questions.
However, after being presented with the DNA evidence, he provid