Killers of prison officer denounced as ‘cowards’

The family of murdered prison officer David Black denounced his killers as cowards at his funeral.

Mr Black, 52, was killed by suspected dissident republicans in a high-speed shooting on a motorway as he drove to work at Maghaberry Prison, Co Antrim on Thursday. He is the first prison warder killed by paramilitaries in the North in 20 years.

His daughter Kyra, 17, paid tribute to her “special hero” but the extended family of the father-of-two said they hoped the perpetrators would “get what they deserve”.