Prison officer kill accused granted bail

A MAN charged with murdering a prison officer is to be released again on bail, the High Court ruled yesterday.

Prosecutors claimed Christopher Robinson’s application should be refused due to Facebook postings “intended to strike at the heart of the administration of justice”.

But with any trial unlikely to get under way before next September, a judge held that it would be wrong to keep him in custody for up to two years.

Robinson, 47, of Aspen Park in Dunmurry, is accused over the killing of Adrian Ismay in March 2016. He also faces a further charge of possessing explosives with intent to endanger life.

CASE Christopher Robinson