A package addressed to Celtic manager Neil Lennon contained a substance that can be used to make explosives, a court heard.
Royal Navy bomb disposal expert Robert McCann, 40, was called to deal with the package at Strathclyde House police premises in Glasgow on April 13 last year. He told the High Court in Glasgow his colleague Lieutenant John Keenan performed a chemical test to see if it contained peroxide, and it tested positive.
Trevor Muirhead, 43, and Neil McKenzie, 42, are accused of conspiring to murder Lennon, ex-MSP Trish Godman, lawyer Paul McBride, QC, and various people in the premises of republican organisation Cairde na hEireann.
It is alleged both accused, who deny all charges, believed the devices were capable of exploding.
Mr McCann said after the package was tested it was taken to a safe area and the substance was burned off.
When asked by Advocate Depute Tim Niven Smith if there were any other components to make an improvised explosive device, Mr McCann replied: "Not that I could see."
He said the next day he found out the package had been addressed to Lennon at Celtic's training ground.
The trial continues.
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