08/04/2014

'Prominent' Loyalist Arrested Over 1994 UVF Murders

A "prominent" loyalist has been arrested in the UK in connection with three UVF murders in 1994.

According to reports, detectives have arrested 45-year-old Mark Haddock as part of an investigation into the shooting of Sean McParland in north Belfast. He is also being questioned over the murders of Gary Convie and Eamon Fox, who were killed at a building site in North Queen Street in May that same year.

It is understood that he is currently being questioned by PSNI officers at Newbury Police Station, the BBC have reported.

(MH/JP)

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