Marvin Canning

Canning pleads guilty on 2011 Easter Monday charges

Pete Baker on April 29, 2013, 8:46 pm | Readers 376

The BBC has a report on the on-going trial of one of the three Londonderry men charged, along with Marian Price, in relation to a 32 County Sovereignty Movement Easter Monday parade in the city in 2011 – the charge is of managing a meeting in support of a proscribed organisation, the IRA. And we have a conclusion to the judicial process for two of the accused – including Marvin Canning, the 51-year-old brother-in-law of Northern Ireland deputy First Minister, Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness. …

Charges re-instated against Marian Price and others

Pete Baker on September 5, 2012, 7:49 pm | Readers 94

The BBC reports that the Public Prosecution Service (PPS) have re-instated charges against Marian Price and three Londonderry men in relation to a 32 County Sovereignty Movement Easter Monday parade in the city in 2011. Among those being charged again is Marvin Canning – the 50-year-old brother-in-law of Northern Ireland deputy First Minister, Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness. From the BBC report In May, a district judge said he would not return the four for trial as there were “no papers in front of …

Marvin Canning back in court

Pete Baker on June 9, 2011, 2:25 pm | Readers 73

Marvin Canning, brother-in-law of Northern Ireland deputy First Minister, Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness, has been charged with two terrorist offences in connection with a 32 County Sovereignty Movement Easter Monday parade in Londonderry. An unrelated prosecution against Mr Canning was stayed in November last year when late disclosure of “pivotal” statements by prosecutors had “resulted in such potential prejudice as to render any trial unfair”. According to today’s BBC report, Mr Canning, who was arrested on Tuesday, is charged with arranging, managing …

Canning trial gets underway

Pete Baker on June 16, 2010, 6:53 pm | Readers 90

Yesterday’s Irish News reported the opening remarks at the Belfast Crown Court trial of Marvin Canning – the brother-in-law of Northern Ireland deputy First Minister, Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness. Canning, who has been out on bail since March 2008, faces seven charges relating to the abduction and assault of a businessman and his partner from their home in Mullingar, County Westmeath, in April 2007. The couple were later found in the High Park area of Creggan, Londonderry. The man had been shot in both ankles and subsequently lost …