Martin McGuinness: Beheading remarks on social media are ‘shameful’

Former deputy first minister Martin McGuinness yesterday condemned death threats to DUP leader Arlene Foster as “shameful and totally unacceptable”.

The outgoing first minister revealed that she has been threatened with having her head chopped off amid the ‘Cash for Ash’ scandal which led to Mr McGuinness’s resignation.

With the North still reeling from the shock decision by Mr McGuinness to call time on his career effectively, the news of the death threats are a further complication in the already politically charged atmosphere.