03/06/2005

Man to appear in court charged with McCartney murder

A 49-year-old man is to appear at Laganside Magistrates Court on Saturday morning charged with the murder of Belfast man Robert McCartney.

A second man, 36, is also due in court charged with the attempted murder of Brendan Devine who was seriously injured during the same incident on January 30 outside a Belfast bar.

The accused were arrested in Belfast and Birmingham on Wednesday and transferred to Antrim police station for questioning.

Robert McCartney, a 33-year-old father-of-two, died after he was stabbed following a row in a Belfast bar.

The IRA has been blamed for the murder as well as interfering with evidence and witnesses by the McCartney family.

(MB/SP)

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