Man on trial over death threats against Northern Ireland’s top prosecutor
Reading time: 1 minute
A man has gone on trial in Glasgow Sheriff Court, accused of making death threats against the head of Northern Ireland’s prosecution service, The Herald reports.
Gordon Galloway, 50, posted a comment on Facebook under a story about the Director of Public Prosectuions, Barra McGrory QC during his time as a solicitor when he represented IRA members.
Mr Galloway wrote: “death… plain and simple” on June 11, 2015.
After a journalist informed Mr McGrory’s communications team, the police questioned Mr Galloway.
However, he denied making a threatening or offensive comment on social media, saying it was a response to a deleted comment.
Communications monitor Conor McLoghlin, 36, gave evidence that he took a screen grab of the comment after he was called by a journalist who reported a death threat.
Mr McLoghlin said: “It was alerted to me as a death threat. As soon I saw it, I concurred.”
The trial continues.
Share this article:
Subscribe to our newsletter to not miss articles like this one:
SUBSCRIBE
