13-02-2025
PSNI data breach: Pair charged over alleged New IRA activity
Two men have appeared in court charged with terrorism offences linked to a major PSNI data Francis Cavlan, 49, from Coronation Park, Aughnacloy and Rory Martin Logan, 43, from Ross Close, Enniskillen, but currently remanded in custody, appeared before court on were arrested on Tuesday as part of an ongoing police investigation into the activities of the New IRA. They are accused of having information likely to be of use to terrorists.
Shared 'a considerable amount'
A Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) officer said he could connect both to the charges.A spreadsheet containing police officers' names, and those of civilian staff, were found on mobile phones belonging to the accused, the court was pair appeared together in the dock of Strabane Magistrates' Court but refused to acknowledge the is alleged on 12 April 2024, Mr Calvan possessed two spreadsheets containing details of serving PSNI police officers and staff officer told the court that Mr Cavlan had screenshots of certain parts of the questioning from a defence lawyer, he agreed that there was no evidence that Mr Cavlan had downloaded the spreadsheet from the he agreed the spreadsheet had been shared " a considerable amount of times."Mr Logan is charged with having a spreadsheet of serving PSNI officers and staff on 11June 2024. He did not apply for bail. Mr Cavlan was denied bail due, the judge said, to "real and evident" risks of reoffending, and concerns that bail conditions could not be data breach happened in August, when police released the names of more than 10,000 staff and officers by mistake, under a Freedom of Information (FoI) men will appear again by video link at Omagh Magistrates' Court on 25 February.
