PSNI investigate desecration of memorial

Police in the North are investigating the vandalism of a memorial in east Belfast to two men shot dead by the IRA in 1970.

PSNI investigate desecration of memorial
Tue, 30 Mar, 2004 - 13:33

Police in the North are investigating the vandalism of a memorial in east Belfast to two men shot dead by the IRA in 1970.

Green paint was thrown over the memorial to James McCurrie and Robert Neill on the edge of the

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