Orla O'Hanlon 19-year-old Orla O’Hanlon and her boyfriend Keith McConnan have appeared in court to face eight charges relating to the running of a bomb making factory and the possession of ammunition with the intent to endanger life.
The gymslip bomb-maker from Tievecrom Road, Forkhill and her boyfriend Keith McConnan from Dundalk, appeared in Newry Crown Court yesterday.
Miss O'Hanlon pleaded not guilty to all charges, and was released on continuing bail.
Mr McConnan faces the same charges but his arraignment has been delayed because his legal representative was not in court.
He was remanded in custody to appear in court in Belfast tomorrow.
O’Hanlon, who has changed her hair colour to brunette was arrested at a house on Tievecrom Road on Wednesday, December 18, 2013, under Section 41 of the Terrorism Act.
O’Hanlon leaving court
At a previous hearing a detective constable from the PSNI’s Serious Crime Branch told district judge Eamonn King that he could connect the two teenagers to the charges.
He told the court that in a walk-in wardrobe in a bedroom officers found a timer power unit and ancillary items for the timer power unit.
”This would enable a bomb to be placed which could delay the detonation for several days.''
The detective added that in a bin a white substance was discovered which was forensically tested and found to be ammonium nitrate which he said is used for “homemade explosives”.
