Speaking after the sentencing, Det Supt Moutray, from the PSNI’s Terrorism Investigation Unit, said Duffy and Reynolds were observed as part of a surveillance operation on suspected members and associates of the New IRA, placing a wildlife camera in the Annaghone Road area on 4 September, 2016.
He said they returned a few days later to remove the camera.
“Chillingly, they then deployed this camera at the driveway of the home address of a retired police officer on 14 September,” he said.
Police removed the camera from the former officer’s home to examine it and then replaced it with a dummy camera.
“Duffy and Reynolds returned to the address several days later in an attempt to recover their camera, unaware it had been replaced.
“Examination of the camera showed images attributed to both defendants, as well as a forensic link to Reynolds.”
He said Duffy has previous terrorist-related convictions from 1993, when he was convicted of the false imprisonment and assault of an off-duty UDR soldier, as well as attempting to elicit information useful to terrorists from the injured party.
“This activity was conducted on behalf of the IRA,” he said.