Man charged over policeman's murder

12 April 2012

Another man has been charged with the murder of Northern Ireland policeman Stephen Carroll.

The 37-year-old suspect is also accused of possessing a firearm with the intent to endanger life and is due to appear at Lisburn Magistrates Court.

Pc Carroll, 48, was shot dead in Craigavon, County Armagh, earlier this month.

The dissident Republican Continuity IRA claimed responsibility for his killing in an effort to endanger the peace process.

A 17-year-old youth charged with murdering Constable Carroll was armed with an assault rifle and more than 25 bullets on the night of the killing, a court earlier heard.

The youth was remanded in custody after appearing before Lisburn Magistrates Court.

As well as being charged with possession of the firearm with intent, he was also accused of being a member of the dissident republican group the Continuity IRA and collecting information likely to be of use to terrorists.

The youth, who cannot be named for legal reasons, will appear by a video link at a court in Craigavon at the start of next month.

Pc Carroll, from Banbridge, Co Down, was shot dead in Craigavon while answering a call from a woman who had a brick thrown through her window. He was shot in the back of the head as he sat in the driver's seat of an unmarked police car while his colleague approached the house.

His killing came two days after the murder of two soldiers - Sappers Mark Quinsey, 23, from Birmingham and Patrick Azimkar, 21, from London - outside an army barracks in Antrim.

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