Murdered sergeant’s family welcomes ombudsman’s probe

The family of a Catholic Royal Ulster Constabulary officer whose murder is at the centre of a Northern Ireland Police Ombudsman investigation into possible police misconduct today hoped the probe would ‘‘uncover the truth’’ about his murder.

Tom Campbell, whose 49-year-old father, Sergeant Joe Campbell, was shot dead in February 1977 as he locked up the small police station in Cushendall, County Antrim, welcomed Ombudsman Nuala O’Loan’s decision to investigate RUC actions before and after the killing.