Man found guilty of attempting to kill police officers

Michael FitzpatrickBBC News NI
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Charles Love had denied the charges linked to a bomb attack on police in Strabane on 17 November 2022

A County Tyrone man has been found guilty of attempting to kill two police officers in Strabane in 2022.

Charlie Love, of Bridge Street in the town went on trial in March 2025 in connection with a bomb attack on a police car.

The 31-year-old was also found guilty of causing an explosion likely to endanger life and possessing explosives with intent to endanger life.

A judge at Belfast Crown Court said he had concluded Love was "intimately involved" in the planning and conclusion of what was a dissident republican attack on officers.