Lonely walk to justice

FOR six months in 2005 their story covered newspapers and TV screens worldwide. It even knocked the war in Iraq from top spot in CNN’s coverage for a day.

Invited as special guests of US President George W Bush at the White House St Patrick’s Day celebrations, regular visitors to Downing Street and a cause celebre of the world’s media, it seemed the McCartney family’s story had captured the world’s imagination.

Their brother, Robert, was stabbed and beaten to death by IRA members in a Belfast bar on January 30, 2005.