'Smirking' UVF chief 'ordered hit'

Loyalist leader Mark Haddock smirked as he dispatched a hit team to gun down a paramilitary rival, a self-confessed member of the murder plot told a court in Belfast today.

Robert Stewart, who has turned Crown evidence against the alleged Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) commander and 13 other men facing paramilitary-linked charges, said Haddock directed the plan to kill Ulster Defence Association (UDA) boss Tommy English 11 years ago.