Murder had paramilitary hallmarks, inquest told

A father-of-two was shot dead by a gunman in his Co Down home in a paramilitary-style attack just weeks after a fall out with people in the area, an inquest heard today.

Mark Apsley, aged 38, died instantly when one of five bullets fired at him as he went to the front door of his house in Ballygowan went through his heart, the hearing in Belfast was told.