Man due in court tomorrow over UVF gunrunner's murder

A man is to be charged in Glasgow tomorrow in connection with the murder of former UVF gunrunner Lindsay Robb.

He was arrested by detectives hunting the killer of Robb who was stabbed in a frenzied knife attack in the city’s Ruchazie area on New Year Eve.

Strathclyde Police confirmed a 29-year-old man will appear at Glasgow Sheriff Court.

A police spokesman said: “A 29-year-old man has been arrested and is presently detained in police custody in connection with the death. A report will be forwarded to the procurator fiscal.”

Robb, 38, who was sentenced to 10 years in 1995, was the first Loyalist Volunteer Force prisoner to be released early under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement, part of the Northern Ireland peace process.

He walked free from the North’s Maze Prison in January 1999 and later settled in Airdrie, Lanarkshire, with his wife.

He and four other men were found guilty after a trial at the High Court in Glasgow.

They were arrested following a four-day MI5 undercover operation that stretched from Falkirk to Liverpool.

Robb was a member of the Progressive Unionist Party at the time and had represented the party in discussions with the British government just months before being jailed.