Prominent republican Colin Duffy has appeared in court charged with the murder of two soldiers in Antrim.
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Sappers Mark Quinsey, 23, of Birmingham, and Patrick Azimkar, 21, of London, were killed as they collected pizzas outside Antrim`s Massereene Barracks on Saturday March 7.
The 41 year old is also charged with the attempted murders of five other people including two pizza delivery workers.
Larne Magistrates Court was told that Duffy`s DNA was found on the finger tip of a latex glove recovered from the getway car used in the Real IRA shooting earlier this month.
Detective Chief Inspector Jeffrey Smyth told the court: "This is not trace elements - this is a full DNA profile."
It was inside a latex glove found on the floor of the Vauxhall Cavalier."
He conceded later that only the tip of the glove had been found.
Mr Smyth said the DNA profile was the only forensic evidence which has so far connected Duffy to the shootings but added: "There are over 1,000 exhibits in this case."
He said exhibits were being examined in both Northern Ireland and in England but other results had so far come back negative.
Objecting to bail he said there were three main planks of the prosecution case - forensics, CCTV and witness evidence.
He said a witness could place the getaway car outside the barracks in the seconds before the attack.
Duffy was remanded in custody to reappear at Antrim Magistrates` Court on April 21 by video link.
As he was led from the dock there were cheers and a round of applause from more than two dozen supporters, mainly women, sitting in the public gallery.
However, outside the court loyalist protesters hurled abuse at Duffy.
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