Four Cookstown men appeared at a special court in the Co Tyrone town yesterday accused of arson. The charge is linked to a fire which extensively damaged a house at Greenvale Drive, Cookstown, early on Wednesday.
The men, who are denying the charge, were remanded in custody until September 11th.
The defendants are Mr Noel Murray (32), student, Mr Mark Anthony Loughran (19), unemployed, and Mr Martin Lawn (37), unemployed, all from Riveside Drive; and Mr Hugo Dominic McElroy (41), unemployed, of Molesworth Street.