Robert McCartney killer ‘planning to emigrate to US’

The sisters of murdered Belfast man Robert McCartney have said the man they believe ordered the killing of their brother is planning to emigrate to the United States.

Catherine and Paula McCartney made the claim in an interview with the BBC last night.

Mr McCartney, a 33-year-old father-of-two, was beaten and stabbed to death in Belfast last January, allegedly by IRA members.

His sisters and fiancée have accused the republican movement of protecting the killers and of trying to intimidate the family into dropping their high-profile campaign for justice.