A second man has been charged with trying to kill top loyalist Mark Haddock.

Rogue loyalist Mark Haddock was shot after agreeing to a last-minute change of rendezvous with his would-be killers, it was claimed tonight.

A nightclub doorman stabbed in a frenzied attack fears he will be killed if he returns to the North to testify against a Belfast loyalist accused of trying to murder him, a court heard today.