A father-of-two was shot dead by a gunman in his Co Down home in a paramilitary-style attack just weeks after a fall out with people in the area, an inquest heard today.

LOYALISTS were last night suspected of murdering a man after getting his young son to send him to the front door if his Co Down home.

A man was shot dead on the doorstep of his home in Ballygowan, Co Down, tonight.