Deputy First Minister’s brother-in-law charged in abduction case
As the BBC report, and UTV mention, a man in his 40s is due to appear in court charged with two counts of unlawful imprisonment, grievous bodily harm and possession of a firearm in relation to the abduction and assault of a couple on Monday when the 42-year-old man was shot in both ankles. Another man has been released without charge and a third man is still being questioned by police. However the Irish News identifies the man charged as Mervyn Marvin Canning.. brother-in-law of the designated Deputy First Minister, Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness.. From the Irish News[subs req]Adds Irish News got the name slightly wrong.
MervynMarvin Canning, of Glendara in Derry’s Brandywell, is charged with two counts of unlawful imprisonment, two counts of grevious bodily harm with intent and two counts of possession of a firearm with criminal intent.
Mr Canning, a brother of Mr McGuinness’s wife Bernie, is in his forties.
Nationalist and republican sources in Derry last night stressed that Mr Canning never had any involvement with the republican movement.
Adds Court detail from the Belfast Telegraph report
Outside court today, members of the public pushed and jeered press photographers and a cameraman as Canning was being taken out of a prison van.Unruly scenes unfolded inside the Magistrate’s Court when Canning’s case arose, leading resident Magistrate Barney McElholm to issue the stark warning: “If there are any further disturbances in this court I want those responsible arrested.”
Dressed in a white checked shirt and trousers, Canning appeared calm, smiling and waving to supporters as he was led into the dock, handcuffed to a court official. A detective constable told the court he believed he could connect the defendant to the charges.
Under questioning from defence solicitor Paddy MacDermott, the officer agreed that over the course of seven interviews, Canning had consistently denied the charges against him.
The officer also confirmed to the court that the evidence against Canning was “of an identification nature”. Canning was remanded in custody until May 24 to reappear in court in Derry via video link from Maghaberry Prison. He will apply for bail tomorrow.
the headline was enuf pete, circles’ vision is correct. What you actually said was
“yes its true, the results have come back from the lab… cut to commercial… we’re opening the envelopes now .. hush…drums… Yes McGuiness is SCUM, we’ve proved it….. wait wait… next envelope…. YES so are all his relatives..Yes…they’re all SCUM ..
pete, placing you at the crime scene is always going to be difficult, as you like to wear rubber gloves ( see thread titles ) …that you’ve means motive and opportunity is the easy bit.
we’re looking for a finger-print, even the best slip up. Its not personal
Keep taking the tablets, parci.
And try re-reading the [factual] heading.
You wouldn’t have an aversion to factual reporting, by any chance?
Can’t seem to recall the Slugger headline: Sharon Haughey’s relatives charged with double burning murders.
Different strokes for different folks.
“we’re looking for a finger-print, even the best slip up. Its not personal”
No, of course it’s not.. you’re just pre-judging the content of the post.
And getting back to the actual topic..
I’ve read it, and its guilt by association
oh you’ve had your bouncer in this over, another one is a foul, with penalties awarded to me
Is Pete Baker responsible for removing the racial slur from this thread. and if so why has it not been done?
“Yes, but apparently Martin’s daughter is not so afflicted and is a bit of a babe”
Aye, would seem so.
Shame about the organisation Martin commanded (by his own admission, before this is censored) maiming so many other young women so they could never be regarded as such (lacking limbs, eyes, you know, the stuff of the general babe kit) and killing so many children who might have otherwise grown up to be regarded as ‘babes’, had their right to life not been taken in the name of the greater good at the IRA’s whim.
it seems that whenever an innocent person not connected to any paramilitary organisation or criminality is remanded in Londonderry magistrate’s court that people entirely unconnected with them, but presumably appalled that their group has been so slandered, need to come along, act the hard man, attempt to intimidate the press and other court users.
Funny how neither marty, nor all the republican posters on this thread, have condemned this thuggery. “We’ll support the courts, as long as we’re not in them” seems to be the mindset
People question this as a viable story.
The answer is simple———it s newsworthy.
Why else would fifty people post their views?
There is a concerted attempt going on to intimidate Pete.
If Paisley’s brother-in-law had done this, it would have the same headline, without the word “Deputy”.
Darth wrote:
>people entirely unconnected with them, but
>presumably appalled that their group has been so
>slandered, need to come along
Is that what happened? You know who these people who came along were? They weren’t friends and family? (Genuine question BTW, I wasn’t there).
Pete,
The question is not whether this item is worthy of being a news story, it clearly is, for if you were to use that criteria you would be posting up all sorts of articles on a regular basis. That you and the rest of those who blog here do not is surly because you select pieces which might provoke debate or deserve wider coverage.
IMO this story falls into neither category, although some of the posts to this thread have been amusing and others disappointing. [can we never get past whataboutary] What ever your motives for posting it up in the first place and I do not believe you were being underhanded, I do feel you may have been a little over ambitious.
For in today’s world it is difficult, if not nye on impossible to get politicians to take responsibility for their own actions, let alone those of members of their families
All the best.
I agree it’s a slightly laughable concept that the actions of Mr McGuiness’ brother-in-law might make less suitable for the DFM post.
Previous actions he has admitted to himself should completely disqualify him from any governmental post in a sane society
And try re-reading the [factual] heading.
You wouldn’t have an aversion to factual reporting, by any chance?
Dear oh dear, that worn-out old record again. You must be disappointed that Mick beat you to reporting the Alex Attwood speeding fiasco, what with your fondness for factual reporting(incorrect names notwithstanding). Of course, if it had been a Shinner rather than a Stoop you’d have won that race by a country mile.
Unfortunately, Pete while you think you get away with the ‘Don’t shoot the messenger’ routinue, you leave yourself wide open on what you don’t bother reporting to the masses. Your recent tasteful post concerning the death of Jim McMenamin, which gave the annonymous bigots of the world wide web a chance to laugh at ‘deaf Catholics’ and 2 year old witness statements, was a great hoot. However it came as no suprise that when given the opportunity to open a thread on another href=”http://www.policeombudsman.org/Press.cfm?action=detail&Press_ID=158&Archive=2007&year=2007&level=page”>Ombudsman’s report released the previous day, you chose to stay home and wash your tights.
For anyone who missed it, it concerned the ‘unjustified’* death of 15 year old Paul McWhitter after being shot in the head by an RUC plastic bullet, found:
“that police did not try to arrest Paul, that they did not conduct a proper investigation into his death, that they did not keep the family updated about the investigation, and that there was no attempt by police to interview six individuals who gave statements to a solicitor about the shooting. ”
Still, to be fair to you, there wasn’t the same opportunity to mock eyewitness statements as this particular upholder of law and order refused to supply one.
* Unjustified: The gun was used in contravention of the rules in place at the time. No warning was given by loudhailer, and it was fired at less than the permissible range of 20 metres. Hmm.
Paricfal,
What is ATW?
Seen that used a few times now…just curious.
ATW its a liberal site for extreme left-wing radical unionists who seek a united ireland
Mick has a link to it on the homepage of Sluggers.
Parcifal,
Thanks for that, much appreciated.
Do you think they might notice that The Irish News and The Belfast Telegraph both deemed the relationship between Mr Canning and Mr McGuinness to be newsworthy and in the public interest if they read the post?
I don’t. I think your average intolerant Shinner would still complain bitterly to you like you were the backstreet surgeon who botched his transgender operation, leaving him with half a vagina and half a penis, and with no way to urinate that doesn’t hurt.
The Dubliner, I guess now we know why you hate the Shinners so much. Next time I suggest you try the NHS.
Cahal, comtempt and disgust shouldn’t be mistaken for hate.
It’s amusing to observe Shinner posters amateurishly promoting the interests of a self-serving sociopath who controls a violent sectarian cult because of symbiotic sectarian gain, especially when the chosen methodology in this case is to squeal loudly in favour of censorship of information that is in the public interest and to make squalid attacks on the character of a Blogger, alleging selective bias on his part despite all four media organisations quoted in his article (BBC, UTV, The Irish News, and The Belfast Telegraph) deeming the relationship between Mr Canning and Mr McGuinness to be newsworthy and in the public interest.
Still, squealing on message boards at Bloggers who displease them is a better method for Shinners of releasing their pent-up frustrations than their erstwhile methods of such cathartic release of bombing, shooting and kneecapping them, isn’t it? Shame they’re about as threatening as a limbless kung fu king in a bonny-bowed rice hat. Keep it up, kid.
Christ Dubliner, you have issues man.
I vote Sinn Fein. I also help out at an animal shelter on Thursdays. We’re just normal people you know. I haven’t shot, bombed or kneecaped anybody.
Cahal,
for those who thought that the IRA were a murderous bunch of thugs ( a view I do not share) it is hardly suprising that they will little time and much animosity for those who vote Sinn Fein.
Sinn Fein is not an ‘ordinary’ party – everyone knows their current leadership ran the ‘war of liberation’/'terrorist campaign’. To suggest that a bit of social work on the side will alter attitudes hardened through 30 years of conflict is pretty naive.
Dubliners attitudes were hardened through 4 months of peace.