Senior Real IRA man gets 20-year jail term

2 October 2010 Irish Times THE SO-CALLED second in command of the Real IRA was yesterday jailed for 20 years for attempting to smuggle 104,000 of guns and explosives into Northern Ireland. Paul Anthony John McCaugherty (44) from Beechcourt in Lurgan, Co Armagh, had sought the equipment for the Real IRA from an arms dealer who was a security...

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REAL IRA DEPUTY JAILED FOR 20YRS IN MI5 STING

Paul McCaugherty / Dermot Gregory 2 October 2010 Mirror Michael Donnelly Dissident chief guilty of £90k gun smuggling plot THE Real IRA's second-in-command was yesterday jailed for 20 years for attempting to smuggle £90,000 of guns and explosives. Sent down with Paul Anthony John McCaugherty, 44, was 42-year-old Dermot Declan Gregory...

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RIRA gun run plotter gets 20yrs after sting

Paul McCaugherty / Dermot Gregory 2 October 2010  The Sun Jason Johnson A SENIOR Real IRA terrorist was starting a 20-year prison sentence last night after being snared in an MI5 sting operation. Paul Anthony John McCaugherty, 44, struck a deal with an undercover agent as he plotted to import guns and explosives into the UK. Mr...

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Pair jailed for Real IRA arms plot

Paul Anthony John McCaugherty and Dermot Declan Gregory 1 October 2010 UTV News Paul Anthony John McCaugherty, 44, from Beechcourt in Lurgan Co Armagh, was jailed for attempting to smuggle €104,000 of guns and explosives into Northern Ireland. His co-accused, Dermot Declan Gregory, aka Michael Dermot Gregory, 42, from Concession Road,...

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Pair jailed for Real IRA gun plot

1 October 2010 BBC Paul McCaugherty was found guilty after a non-jury trial Two men have been jailed for their part in a dissident republican gun smuggling plot which was uncovered after an MI5 sting operation. Paul McCaugherty, 43, of Beech Court in Lurgan who was found guilty of attempting to import weapons and explosives, was given 20 years. Dermot Declan Gregory of Concession Road in Crossmaglen, was found guilty...

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Real IRA man jailed for 20 years

1 Oct 2010 Irish Times A leading dissident republican was has been jailed for 20 years for attempting to smuggle weapons and explosives into Northern Ireland. Paul McCaugherty (43) from Lurgan, Co Armagh, was convicted of a string of offences at Belfast Crown Court related to the elaborate two-year undercover sting operation carried out by MI...

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Men jailed over arms smuggling plot

1 Oct 2010 Independent Two men were have been jailed after a dissident republican gun smuggling plot was uncovered by an MI5 sting operation. Paul McCaugherty, 44, of Lurgan, Co Armagh, was found guilty of attempting to import weapons and explosives and given 20 years. He sought the equipment for the Real IRA from an arms dealer who was a security services agent. Dermot Declan Gregory, 42, of Crossmaglen, was found guilty of...

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