UDA challenged on reason for murder

SUPPORTERS of jailed loyalist Johnny Adair yesterday challenged the reasons given by the Ulster Defence Association for its killing of Alan McCullough.

As police questioned a man in connection with the discovery of McCullough’s body on the outskirts of Belfast on Thursday, members of Adair’s former C Company disputed the claims of former comrades that he was murdered because of his role in a bitter feud within the organisation.

McCullough, 21, went missing on May 28 after leaving his west Belfast home with members of the Ulster Freedom Fighters.