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Bomb parts 'may have been altered'.(News)
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The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland)
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September 29, 2006
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2006 Century Newspapers Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Byline: BY PAUL HIGGINS
A FORMER Army major in the bomb squad yesterday conceded that bomb parts may have been "forensically altered".
Giving evidence at the Belfast Crown Court trial of alleged Omagh bomber Sean Hoey, Mr Jonathon Whitaker told the court that Ammunition Technical Officers who attended the scene of a 250-kilo car bomb in Lisburn eight years ago did not record putting tape on to component parts of the bomb.
Questioned by trial judge Mr Justice Weir, the former major admitted that it had been normal practice for bomb-squad officers to use heavy- duty ...
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