Police protection row over sectarian murder

New controversy flared over the sectarian murder of a Catholic community worker tonight amid allegations of witness intimidation and claims from the dead man’s family that the PSNI failed to protect him.

Police protection row over sectarian murder
Fri, 29 May, 2009 - 17:44

New controversy flared over the sectarian murder of a Catholic community worker tonight amid allegations of witness intimidation and claims from the dead man’s family that the PSNI failed to protect him.

Kevin McDaid, 49, died after a Protestant gang attacked him in Coleraine, Co Derry, on Sunday.

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