A man accused of conspiring to murder Neil Lennon in a parcel-bomb plot told police he knew that packages were being made up to send to the Celtic manager, a court was told today.
Trevor Muirhead denied making or posting the packages, which he said were supposed to be a “hoax”.
Mr Muirhead also told police he “supplied” two bottles of peroxide to someone else, and said: “I don’t ask too many questions.”
Mr Muirhead, 43, from Kilwinning, and Neil McKenzie, 42, from Saltcoats, both in Ayrshire, are alleged to have plotted to kill Mr Lennon, Paul McBride, QC, and the former MSP Trish Godman between March 1 and April 15, 2011, by sending improvised explosive devices to them. Mr McBride has since died, on March 4 while in Pakistan on business.
They are also charged with sending similar devices to the premises of the Cairde na hÉireann organisation, which means “Friends of Ireland”, in Glasgow. Both men deny the charges.
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Their trial at the High Court in Glasgow heard that Mr Muirhead was interviewed under caution by police on May 12 last year after being detained.
A recording of the interview, which spanned several hours, was played to the jury. “I knew there was packages getting made up supposed to be as a hoax for Neil Lennon. That was all I knew about it,” Mr Muirhead said. “I had nothing to do with the making up or the posting of them.”
The trial continues.