this man ciaran maxwell was leading an extraordinary double life.to serve queen and country but at the same time he was building bombs to be used by the dissident republican group. he knew full well the devices he was constructing could have been used by people who wanted to kill police officers in northern ireland. we know that within weeks ofjoining the marines, he was researching how to build bombs and in the end he construct it 1a pipe bombs, four of them were deployed in northern ireland, two of them exploded. no one was injured by them. we have heard thejudge's comments. he said this was a flag ra nt comments. he said this was a flagrant breach of the trust put in him and he had let down the armed forces for which he was extensively serving. his actions only came to light after five years, because two members of the public found the weapons stashes he had created in northern ireland and devon near his home. it was then that he was linked to this much wider stash. the judge was asked what was his motivation for joining was asked what was his mo

soon after he signed up, ciaran maxwell became the enemy within the royal marines.eo of his training exercises as he was supposedly serving queen and country. in reality, he was servicing the dissident irish republican group the continuity ira. he was a very accomplished and sophisticated bomb maker, who could have supplied these devices over a long period of time to violent dissident republican groups. and undoubtedly i believe that, by being caught now, lives have been saved. ciaran maxwell came from northern ireland, and four of his bombs were used here by the continuity ira. no—one was hurt, but maxwell built 1a bombs, and some of his devices are still feared to be in dissident hands. he knew those he was working for were intent on attacking police stations and killing officers and others. he had researched over 300 targets. it was near his hometown of larne that police uncovered the first of a series of hides he used to store his lethal stashes. these included timers and antipersonnel mines. fertiliser recovered here could have been the base for a bomb bigger t

ciaran maxwell, the rogue marine, now begins his jail term.ondent nick beake is at the old bailey. what did the judge have to say. the judge has been giving us insight into the extraordinary double life kiran maxwell was leading. as a royal marine he vowed to serve his country but he was creating bonds knowing all too well but the continuity ira would be able to use them and he could attack police stations and kill police officers. the big question lots of people were asking, what was his motivation injoining the royal marines in the first place backin the royal marines in the first place back in 2010? thejudge the royal marines in the first place back in 2010? the judge said there was insufficient evidence that maxwell had any sinister motivation injoining the royal maxwell had any sinister motivation in joining the royal marines when maxwell had any sinister motivation injoining the royal marines when he did. that said, he said it was clear that he was motivated by sympathies for the dissident republican movement, and also because of a hosti

soon after he signed up, ciaran maxwell became the enemy within the royal marines.was an opponent of the state in uniform. on facebook, he posted this video of his training exercises, as he was supposedly serving queen and country. in reality, his six—year career was spent servicing the dissident irish republican group the continuity ira, as a bomb maker. he was a very accomplished and sophisticated bomb maker who could have supplied these devices over a long period of time to violent dissident republicans. undoubtedly, i believe that by being caught now, lives have been saved. maxwell came from northern ireland, and four of his bombs were used there by the continuity ira in residential areas. no one was hurt, but maxwell built 1a bombs, and he knew those he was working for were intent on attacking police stations and killing officers and others. he had researched over 300 targets. it was near his hometown of larne that police uncovered the first of a series of hides he used to store his lethal stashes. these included timers and antipersonnel mines. fertiliser recov

ciaran maxwell came from northern ireland and four of his bombs were used here by the continuity ira.a bombs and some of his devices are still feared to be in dissident hands. he knew those he was working for were intent on attacking police stations and killing officers and others. he had researched over 300 targets. it was near his hometown of larne that police uncovered the first of a series of hides he used to store his lethal stashes. these included timers and antipersonnel mines. fertiliser recovered here could have been the base for a bomb bigger than the one that caused carnage at enniskillen in 1987. as a member of the royal marines elite a0 commando unit, ciaran maxwell was based here in somerset and this is where he was arrested. for years without ever being caught, he had been systematically stealing british military ammunition and adding it to his terrorist arsenal. as well as the locations in northern ireland, maxwell had a further network of hides in devon. this was him under surveillance. he had 43 hides in total. larne, where maxwell grew up, is a mainly unionist town

ciaran maxwell will spend 18 years in custody and five years out on extended licence. ilding and storing bomb parts in hides in northern ireland, and in woods near his home in devon. sentencing him, thejudge said his actions had been a "flagrant breach of trust and a betrayal of his position in the armed forces". june kelly reports. ciaran maxwell appeared the proud commando, posting his training exercises on facebook. but even before he passed out, he was the enemy within the royal marines, living the most audacious double life. throughout his military career, he was making bombs for the dissident irish republican group, the continuity ira. he was a very accomplished and sophisticated bomb maker who could have supplied these devices over a long period of time to dissident republicans and undoubtedly, i believe, that by being caught now, lives have been saved. four of maxwell's bombs were used by the continuity ira in residential areas and two of them went off. no one was hurt. he built 14 bombs and he knew those he was servicing were intent on attacking police stations

a former royal marine, ciaran maxwell, is jailed for 18 years, for supplying bombs to dissident irish

back to the breaking news on ciaran maxwell. our correspondent is at the bailey. could be used by people who wanted to kill police officers in northern ireland. within weeks of him joining the marines and enlisting in elite training, he was researching how to build bombs. he built 14 bombs and two of them exploded, but no one was injured. we hope thejudge ‘s exploded, but no one was injured. we hope the judge ‘s comments in the last few minutes. he said it was a flag ra nt last few minutes. he said it was a flagrant breach of trust and he had let down the armed forces for which he ostensibly was serving. his activities only came to light after five years because two members of the public found two of the 43 weapons caches he had created both in northern ireland and in devon near to his home. it was only at that point he was linked to this much wider stash and the judge today was asking what was his motivation for joining was asking what was his motivation forjoining the was asking what was his motivation for joining the marines? was asking what was his motivation

dead, but also for the courage and bravery of the men who fought here> a former royal marine, ciaran maxwell, has been jailed for 18 years, for supplying bombs to dissident irish republicans. downing street insists the free movement of people from the eu, will end in march 2019 after brexit, with or without any transitional agreement. in a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news... and we'll be finding out how cricketing legend, geoffrey boycott, reacted when the bbc test match special team bowled him a googlie hello, i'm 0lly foster, welcome to the bbc sport centre, these are our headlines tonight.. as easy as 1—2—3. it's a hatrick for ali as england go ahead in the test series against south africa there's a significant vote by liverpool fans in favour of safe standing...but will it ever be seen at anfield it's a massive week for england's footballers at the women's euros. they are now favourites for the title. imad ascot thinning at frankie dettori feels about his son following in his footsteps. good evening, lots coming up.

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we have got an extraordinary insight into the remarkable double life of this man ciaran maxwell. 0n thed country as a marine. 0n the other hand, the court's been told he has s admitting he was speaking to a member of the continuity ira in terms of attacking police officers in northern ireland and a police station there, an incredible secret life. the evidence against him has been outlined today and the old bailey has been told that he had something like more than a dozen hides where he was able to keep ammunition he had stolen from his base in taunton, also explosive devices and the court was also told he had been able to make 14 pipe bombs, four of them had been deployed in northern ireland, we are told no one was killed or injured by them. the court was also told that he had spoken to a man who himself was convicted for possessing explosives in 2014, the two discussed various things. maxwell has said that, yes, he intended to create these bombs, but he said that he was not intending to commit a terrorist act and didn't intend to kill anyone. this sentencing will last three days, the j

within months of signing up, involved in terrorist activity. —— ciaran maxwell.s some close to his base in the west country and some in northern ireland. it was a member of the public in northern ireland who stumbled across some of these and became concerned by materials and raised the alarm and contacted the police. the court was told that pipe bombs had been used by dissident republican groups in northern ireland and for of maxwell's bombs had been deployed there. the ad signing of the evidence against them is continuing this afternoon and expected to run into the next day or so. here's the weather. i'm settled look over the next few days and today. lady of rain across the uk. heavy in northern parts. patchy further south. moving from west to east. brighter skies follow behind, sunshine coming through, showers into the north and west through the afternoon. 17 in glasgow, 20 in london. overnight, clearing away from the south east. further east, mostly dry overnight, temperatures dipping to 13 or 14 for cardiff and london. ten or 11 for aberdeen and belfast. brig