Brother of loyalist murder victim disrupts Northern Ireland Protocol protest

Mr McCord’s brother Raymond was beaten to death by a Ulster Volunteer Force gang in north Belfast in 1997. Picture: David Young/PA

The brother of a paramilitary murder victim has disrupted a loyalist protest against Brexit’s Northern Ireland Protocol.

Gareth McCord interrupted the small demonstration outside Irish government offices in Belfast organised by the Loyalist Communities Council – an umbrella group representing loyalist paramilitaries.