Man held over Gerard “Jock” Davison murder

A 25-year-old man has been arrested by detectives investigating the murder of a former IRA commander in Belfast.

Man held over Gerard “Jock” Davison murder
Sat, 29 Aug, 2015 - 01:00
David Young

Gerard “Jock” Davison, 47, was shot dead in the republican Markets area in May.

The involvement of Provisional IRA members in a subsequent killing, believed to be in revenge for Mr Davison’s murder, sparked a crisis at Stormont and thrown the future of power-sharing into serious doubt.

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