Jailed: Kevin Concannon.
A 40-year-old Derry man has been jailed for eight years after admitting a number of terrorism related charges, including the possession a bomb-making cookbook” and images of police headquarters in Liverpool.
Kevin Barry Concannon, from Beechwood Avenue, had been in custody awaiting sentencing after pleaded guilty earlier this year to seven offences at Belfast Crown Court.
Among the charges, Concannon admitted collecting images of Merseyside Police headquarters between 25-28 October, 2012, for the purposes of terrorism.
He admitted four charges relating to the possession of several items, including a firearm magazine and blank cartridges.
He also admitted possessing a copy of the Anarchist’s Cookbook, a de-activated sub-machine gun, a set of number plates, smoke canisters and a thunder flash pyrotechnic device.
Concannon pleaded guilty to having an explosive substance, pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN), with the intent of enabling others to endanger life and having explosive substances – aluminium granules, a magnesium ribbon and metal springs – with the intent to endanger life.
The seventh charge relates to images he collected of Merseyside Police headquarters two years ago.
Two charges, connected to searches carried out at Concannon’s house last June following a foiled dissident republican mortar attack in Derry, were left on the books.
Four years of his sentence is to be spent in custody with the remainder to be spent on licence when released.
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