Inquest into death of Loyalist Volunteer Force victim set to begin next year

Previous hearings heard claims that the gun used in the murder had been linked to other terrorist incidents

The funeral procession for Seamus Dillon in 1997 (John Giles/PA)

An inquest into the death of a former republican prisoner who was gunned down outside a nightclub by the Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF) in 1997 is set to begin next year.

The shooting of doorman Seamus Dillon, 45, a father of three, outside the Glengannon Hotel in Dungannon, Co Tyrone, was seen as a revenge attack by loyalists following the murder of LVF leader Billy Wright in the Maze prison hours earlier.