More suspects added to cash in transit robbery

Further suspects are being added to a prosecution file regarding a cash-in-transit armed robbery in Coleraine last summer in which £10,000 was stolen when a gun was placed against the back of a security guard's leg, Coleraine Magistrates Court heard last Monday.
By The Newsroom
Published 4th May 2016, 07:51 BST

The information was given by a prosecutor who added that a forensic report is still outstanding.

She was speaking as 26-year-old Jason Kennedy, of Drumtarsey Road in Coleraine’s Heights area, made his latest court appearance in connection with the case.

His case has been adjourned to May 23.

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The robbery happened at B&M in Coleraine’s Riverside Retail Park on July 18 last year.

Kennedy is charged with robbing a security firm of £10,000 and faces a second charge of possessing either a firearm or imitation firearm with intent to commit robbery or to resist arrest or to prevent the arrest of another.

* A man with a Kilrea address has been charged with harassment.

Gerald Patrick McGinnis (33), of Ardbann Walk, appeared at Coleraine Magistrates Court last Monday.

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He is charged with harassment of a person on April 9 this year.

A police officer believed she could connect him to the charge.

A prosecutor said other charges may be added to the file and the case was adjourned to May 16.

The accused was released on his own bail of £300.

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