The dramatic CCTV footage of a terrorist attempt to blow-up prison officer Adrian Ismay was played in court at the trial of a west Belfast man accused of murdering the 52-year-old father of three.
The non-jury, Belfast Crown Court trial has already heard that the footage of the March 2016 explosion outside Mr Ismay’s Hillsborough Drive home was uncovered from an east Belfast Willowfield Funeral Home whose security camera overlooked the scene.
The footage captured Mr Ismay’s blue VW van driving towards the Cregagh Road shortly after 7am on the morning of March 4. However, it never reached the junction. As the van approached a ramp, suddenly a booby-trap device exploded under the vehicle.
The front bumper of the van is blown off, as black smoke, debris and dust from the blast could clearly be seen billowing up around the van before Mr Ismay limps from the driver’s side to the passenger side and opens that door. Ultimately three passersby come to his aid, helping him across the street to a side wall.
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Source: Belfast Telegraph