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Martin McCauley: Court told DNA links man to police officer murders

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A man accused of the “callous and cowardly” murder of three police officers in 1982 could be linked to the case by DNA evidence, a court has heard.

Martin McCauley, with an address in Naas in County Kildare, appeared before Craigavon Magistrates’ Court on Thursday after being extradited from the Republic of Ireland.

The court heard “modern era” forensics could match the 62-year-old’s DNA to that identified on cigarette butts found at the scene at the time of the killings.

Mr McCauley is to stand trial for the murder of the three Royal Ulster Constabulary officers in an explosion at Kinnego Embankment near Lurgan in County Armagh in October 1982.


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