McCartney killers should be ‘patriotic’ and give themselves up, family tells rally

THE killers of Belfast father-of-two Robert McCartney should do the patriotic and honourable thing by handing themselves in, his family told a rally yesterday.

The sisters of Mr McCartney, who was beaten and stabbed last month during a brawl in a Belfast bar in an attack blamed on IRA members, received a warm ovation from hundreds of people who gathered in the nationalist Short Strand to back their campaign for justice.

The family carried placards emblazoned with the slogans ‘Murdered - who’s next?’ and ‘Where’s my daddy?’ and were cheered as they prepared to address the rally.