Civil servant on terrorist charge

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A County Antrim civil servant working for the police has appeared in court on terrorism charges.

Aaron Hill, 22, of Mainebank, Randalstown, was alleged to have illegally accessed information from the PSNI computer system.

He was arrested last Friday during an investigation into terrorist crime. The court heard information was accessed over a five year period to April 2007.

He is accused of possessing information likely to be of use to terrorists.

Mr Hill is also accused of breaching the Data Protection Act and a further count of misconduct in public office.

He appeared at Belfast Magistrates Court on Monday.