Queen v Raymond James Craig McMaster
| Jurisdiction | Northern Ireland |
| Judge | Weatherup J |
| Judgment Date | 19 March 2004 |
| Neutral Citation | [2004] NICC 34 |
| Court | Crown Court (Northern Ireland) |
| Date | 19 March 2004 |
| Year | 2004 |
Neutral Citation no. [2004] NICC 34 Ref:
WEAF4117
Judgment: approved by the Court for handing down Delivered:
19/03/2004
(subject to editorial corrections)
IN THE CROWN COURT IN NORTHERN IRELAND
________
THE QUEEN
-v-
RAYMOND JAMES CRAIG McMASTER
________
WEATHERUP J
The Charges.
[1] Raymond James Craig McMaster is charged with two counts. First,
possession of an explosive substance with intent, contrary to Section 3(1)(b) of
the Explosive Substances Act 1883, and second, doing an act with intent to
cause an explosion, contrary to Section 3(1)(a) of the Explosive Substances Act
1883.
The Offence
[2] On Tuesday 28 August 2001, on the second day of the Lammas Fair, a
white Ford Sierra motor vehicle was present in Castle Street, Ballycastle,
County Antrim. In that vehicle was a time delayed improvised explosive
device. It is the prosecution case that the defendant drove the motor vehicle
containing the bomb from a lay-by at Gracehill Road, Armoy to Castle Street,
Ballycastle, a distance of some eight miles, on the late evening of Monday 27
August 2001.
[3] Finton McAuley is the owner of a shop in Castle Street, Ballycastle that
is adjacent to the position where the car bomb was parked. He closed his
shop that evening and parked his own motorcar in the street outside the shop
at about 11.00 pm, and the white Sierra was not present at that time. He went
into Ballycastle town centre and returned home at about 1.00 am and was
unsure if the white Sierra was present on his return. He opened his shop at
7.30 am on the morning of Tuesday 28 August 2001 and the white Sierra was
parked in the street.
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