Terrorism Suspect Refuses to Attend Trial
The alleged founder of the Real IRA, a breakaway Irish Republican Army faction, refused to attend his trial on a charge of directing terrorism. Michael McKevitt, 53, refused to leave the holding cell at Dublin’s Special Criminal Court, where a three-judge panel tries terrorism-related cases without a jury.
A day earlier, McKevitt fired his lawyers and said he no longer wanted to participate in his trial, which began June 18. He faces a maximum sentence of life in prison if convicted. The key witness against McKevitt is an FBI-recruited American spy.
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