Loyalist brawl at murder trial postpones verdict

Fighting loyalists forced a judge to abandon plans to deliver a verdict at a tense murder trial in Belfast today.

Fighting loyalists forced a judge to abandon plans to deliver a verdict at a tense murder trial in Belfast today.

Mr Justice Higgins refused to announce his judgment after police struggled to keep rival loyalist factions apart outside his courtroom.

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