SOCCER MURDER ‘DRUGS RELATED’ Police comb killing scene for forensic clues
PSNI forensics officers swept the area of a brutal murder yesterday in a bid to secure evidence.
The Donegal Celtic Club in West Belfast remained sealed off in the wake of the killing of Sean Fox. He was gunned down in a gangland-style murder as he socialised in the club on Suffolk Road at around 2.30pm on Sunday.
Sources have indicated that the killing was drugs-related. Fox had been an associate of Jim Donegan who was shot dead in his Porsche on the Glen Road as he went to collect his son
THE family of a Co Tyrone teenager who was abducted, murdered and secretly buried by the IRA said finding his remains would bring an end to their daily torment.
Columba McVeigh (19), from Donaghmore, was last seen in November 1975.
Forensic archaeologists and excavators have begun a fresh bid to locate his remains at Bragan Bog, near Emyvale in Co Monaghan.
It will be the sixth search for Columba in the area since 1999.
The latest search was confirmed by the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims’ Remains.
Columba is one of the “Disappeared” victims of the Troubles whose bodies have still to be found.
His brother Oliver said he was buried and left to die “like a dog”. from school in 2018. Images of the pair together were widely circulated on WhatsApp on Sunday. A second image showed Fox and a number of other men referred to as the ‘Marbella Crew’.
Reports from the scene suggested one of the two gunmen walked into the club and shot Fox a number of times before the pair escaped on foot. The Star understands police are
Oliver, who was 14 when his older brother vanished, said the family want to give him a Christian burial.
“Just imagine taking a 19-yearold out here, walking him out and shooting him like a dog, burying him like a dog and leaving him there, to be never found again. Horrific,” he added. “It’s strange. It’s been four years since the last one (search) but they very fact we are back digging and looking for him, that’s good.”
He was joined at the search by actor Jimmy Nesbitt, a patron of the Wave Trauma Centre and supporter of the families of the Disappeared.
He said the Disappeared families have suffered for decades.
“For Columba the pain ended when the bullet was put in his head,” Mr Nesbitt added. “For the families it still goes on.” on high alert amid reports gangsters are planning a second drugslinked murder in Belfast.
An individual, understood to be living in the north of the city, has already been targeted by violent criminals.
Threat
Sources have indicated that an attempt on the man’s life was set in train around three weeks ago.
It is believed the threat against the man is linked to the movement of drugs from the Crumlin area into North Belfast.
At a previous hearing, Judge Nolan said the incident had been a “terrifying” experience for the girl, who was trapped between the train and the platform after being knocked over by the boy and his bike.
The girl was hospitalised in the wake of the incident and suffered concussion. She has no memory of the assault, but outlined a number of difficulties she has experienced as a result of the events in a victim impact.
Judge Nolan said he had deliberately turned his bike towards the girl, causing her to fall.