R v Thomas Ashe Mellon
| Jurisdiction | Northern Ireland |
| Judge | His Honour Judge McFarland |
| Judgment Date | 30 June 2015 |
| Neutral Citation | [2015] NICC 14 |
| Court | Crown Court (Northern Ireland) |
| Date | 30 June 2015 |
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Neutral Citation no. [2015] NICC 14 Ref:
Judgment: approved by the Court for handing down Delivered: 30/06/ 15
(subject to editorial corrections)*
ICOS: 15/003230
IN THE CROWN COURT IN NORTHERN IRELAND
SITTING IN BELFAST
________
THE QUEEN
v
THOMAS ASHE MELLON
________
His Honour Judge McFarland
Recorder of Belfast
22 and 30 June 2015
[1] Thomas Ashe Mellon (“the Defendant”) faces three counts on indictment
15/003230 – Directing a terrorist organisation, contrary to section 56(1) of the
Terrorism Act 2000 (“the 2000 Act”), belonging to or professing to belong to a
proscribed organisation, contrary to section 11(1) of the 2000 Act and possession of
articles for use in terrorism, contrary to section 57(1) of the 2000 Act.
[2] The offences are particularised as follows:
“On a date unknown between 31 December 2013 and
7 June 2014, in the County Court Division of
Londonderry or elsewhere within the jurisdiction of the
Crown Court, directed the activities of an organisation,
namely the Irish Republican Army, which was concerned
in the commission of acts of terrorism.”
“On a date unknown between 31 December 2013 and
7 June 2014, in the County Court Division of
Londonderry or elsewhere within the jurisdiction of the
Crown Court, belonged to or professed to belong to a
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