Designer Faces Conspiracy Charge

Kitchen designer Michael Rogan, 32, of Belfast was charged with conspiracy in connection with the fatal IRA bombing on Oct. 7 of the British army’s headquarters in Northern Ireland. The bombing killed a British soldier, injured 30 and marked a major escalation of the Irish Republican Army’s campaign to end British rule of Northern Ireland. A police superintendent told the court that Rogan had denied any involvement in the bombing. But the officer added that the prosecution would produce physical, witness, forensic and circumstantial evidence to back up its case. Two IRA car bombs were driven into the base, at Lisburn outside Belfast, past television security cameras, document checks and British troops and parked before exploding.