A council officer responsible for the maintenance of an air-conditioning plant thought to be at the centre of a massive outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease has been suspended, it emerged today.

Six more people have contracted Legionnaires' Disease after a major outbreak in

The family of a Catholic Royal Ulster Constabulary officer whose murder is at the centre of a Northern Ireland Police Ombudsman investigation into possible police misconduct today hoped the probe would ‘‘uncover the truth’’ about his murder.