McConville: My mother’s murder is a war crime

The kidnapping, brutal murder and burial of Jean McConville for 31 years in an unmarked grave by the provisional IRA is a "war crime" that should be investigated in the Hague.

Michael McConville, one of Ms McConville’s 10 children who were orphaned after the notorious Belfast murder in 1972, made the claim after Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams told a US TV station the incident is “what happens in war”.

Speaking during an in-depth interview on flagship CBS programme 60 Minutes on Sunday, Mr Adams said the murder of the 38-year-old over disputed suggestions she was passing information to British soldiers was just a grim reality of the Troubles.