Article: REAL IRA BOSS JAILED: 20 YEARS; That will wipe the smile off your face Micky McKevitt.(News)

Byline: DECLAN FAHY

FANATICAL Real IRA leader Michael McKevitt was sentenced to 20 years in jail yesterday for directing terrorism - but Omagh bomb relatives say he should never be released.

Judges said dissident terror boss McKevitt, 53, who masterminded the making of the Omagh bomb, planned to do "serious harm" to people.

He also received a six-year concurrent sentence for membership of the Real IRA.

The three judges at the Special Criminal Court in Dublin said they had been considering sentencing him to 25 years, but took into account ...

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