Loyalists may have killed man

A MAN shot dead outside his home near Belfast may have been ambushed by former paramilitary associates, it emerged yesterday.

Builder Jim Johnston had links with the loyalist Red Hand Commando.

Detectives investigating the attack at the village of Crawfordsburn, Co Down, believe Johnston had been involved in the illegal drugs’ trade and was a victim of a dispute.It is understood he feared for his safety.