Non-jury court to deliver verdict in trial of IRA accused arrested in connection with murder of NI prison officer

A three-judge panel at the Special Criminal Court has delivered its verdict in the trial of Vincent Banks, a Dublin man charged with membership of an unlawful organisation styling itself the Irish Republican Army. The 47-year-old, from Smithfield Gate Apartments in Dublin 7, pleaded not guilty to the charge but was found guilty following proceedings that examined his alleged involvement in purchasing a vehicle…