Adams meets McCartney family to discuss their fight for justice

SINN FÉIN leader Gerry Adams met the family of murdered Belfast man Robert McCartney for the first time on Thursday night, it emerged yesterday.

Mr Adams said he met the sisters, partner, and father of the forklift driver who was beaten and stabbed in a pub row over three weeks ago.

The Sinn Féin president said of the hour-long meeting: “We had a very thorough and constructive engagement on the family’s search for justice and truth, we remain on contact.