McCartneys confronted by republican crowd

REPUBLICANS were last night accused of forcing the sisters and partner of IRA murder victim Robert McCartney to abandon a door-to-door distribution of leaflets calling for support for a vigil in his memory.

Relatives and associates of the man who allegedly ordered the killing were among those involved, according to one of Mr McCartney’s sisters, Paula.

She said: “They were screaming and shouting abuse and telling us to get out of the district.”