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The European Court of Human Rights gave judgment in favour of the families of
eight men who were murdered by a Loyalist murder gang in South Armagh
27 November 2007 --
The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg today gave judgment in favour
of the families of eight men who were murdered by a Loyalist murder gang in the
South Armagh area in the mid 1970’s.
The cases were taken to Strasbourg following the failure of the British
Government to properly investigate detailed allegations made by a former member
of the RUC, John Weir, about security force collusion.
The families’ legal representative, Fearghal Shiels, of Madden & Finucane,
Solicitors, Belfast said:
"In 1999, the RUC purported to conduct a police investigation into John Weir’s
allegations. The RUC took no steps to interview John Weir, and irrespective of
the cogent and credible evidence of widespread collusion by members of UDR and
RUC with a loyalist murder gang based in Mid-Ulster, concluded that his
allegations were false.
Today's findings by the European Court of Human Rights that the families’ human
rights were breached by the UK Government vindicates the families’ central
contention that there was a total lack of independence, transparency and
accountability on the part of the RUC, in investigating the activities of this
murder gang."
The cases related to the deaths of Colm McCartney, who was murdered at
Altnamackin in August 1975; Trevor Brecknell, who was murdered at Donnelly’s
Bar, Silverbridge in December 1975; John, Brian and Anthony Reavey, murdered at
Whitecross and Joseph, Barry and Declan O’Dowd murdered near Gilford on the same
evening as the Reavey brothers in January 1976 and the wounding of Michael
McGrath in a gun attack at the Rock Bar, Keady in June 1976.
The families are today arranging to meet with their solicitors to discuss the
important implications of the ruling.
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