MAN GETS FIVE YEARS JAIL OVER FIREARM & TERRORISM OFFENCES

'Violent' speech found after bid to secure revolver part

- BY ASHLEIGH MCDONALD

A MAN who tried to buy a component for a revolver from an American gun retailer was jailed for terrorist offences yesterday.

Damien Harte was handed a sentence of five years and three months by Mr Justice Fowler, who branded the 51-year-old’s offending as serious.

He will also be the subject of a Terrorism Notification Order for 15 years following his release from jail.

Belfast Crown Court heard that four months after his arrest for trying to purchase a mainspring for a revolver, Harte was rearrested after his home was searched and two documents linked to terrorism were seized.