Northern Ireland: Hoax bomb accused takes legal action in bid to stop police accessing mobile phone material


A Co Tyrone man accused of buying parts for a hoax bomb left outside a police station is taking High Court action in a bid to stop detectives extracting messages and photos from his mobile phone.

Sean Pearson claims the plans to obtain any information stored on devices seized during a raid on his home breaches rights to privacy. The 30-year-old is currently on bail charged with possessing articles for use in terrorism in connection with the security alert in Omagh.

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