Robinson: Prison officer killers 'living in the dark ages'

Stormont First Minister Peter Robinson has branded the killers of a long-serving prison officer in the North today "flat-earth fanatics living in the dark ages".

Robinson: Prison officer killers 'living in the dark ages'
Thu, 01 Nov, 2012 - 17:07

Stormont First Minister Peter Robinson has branded the killers of a long-serving prison officer in the North today "flat-earth fanatics living in the dark ages".

Married father-of-two David Black, 52, was gunned down by dissident republicans in a motorway ambush in Co Armagh today.

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