Police issue appeal over Belfast murder

Gunmen who shot dead a man in Belfast city centre had difficulty fleeing the scene of the attack, police in the North said today.

38-year-old Catholic father-of-four Paul Patrick Daly from Laurelgrove Dale in the Knockbracken area was gunned down yesterday in his family car while visiting relatives with his wife.

Mr Daly was inside his car at the junction of Stephen Street and Library Street yesterday afternoon when a gunman approached the vehicle and opened fire.

The victim was a known drug dealer but police have failed to rule out a sectarian motive.

Detectives investigating the murder said the victim was trying to get out of the car when he was shot.

The gunman and an acccomplice made off on foot towards Upper Library Street and Carrick Hill.

However, the RUC believes the attackers had difficulty crossing the road, and hope that this may jog the memories of witnesses.