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BBC News Published image captionJohn Downey at a previous court hearing A man charged with murdering two soldiers in 1972 is set to mount a legal bid to have the case halted, a Belfast court has heard. Lawyers for John Downey, 68, plan to make an application for the prosecution to be stayed as an abuse of process. He is being prosecuted for a car bomb attack which killed two Ulster Defence Regiment members Alfred Johnston and James Eames in Enniskillen in 1972. The bid to halt the case centres on evidence featured in separate criminal proceedings over a 1982 bombing at London's Hyde Park.

A man charged with murdering two UDR soldiers in 1972 is set to mount a legal bid to have the case halted, it has emerged. Belfast Magistrates' Court heard lawyers for John Downey plan to make an application for the prosecution to be stayed as an abuse of process. It centres on evidence having already featured in separate criminal proceedings over the 1982 bombing at London's Hyde Park. Downey's trial for alleged involvement in that attack, which killed four soldiers, collapsed in 2014 when it emerged he had a letter of assurance from the British Government that he was not wanted for any offe...