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31/01/2006
Re-appeal on McCartney murder
One year on since the murder of Belfast man Robert McCartney, police have renewed an appeal for information.
Mr McCartney's murder outside a Belfast Bar on January 31, 2005, led to a sustained and high-profile campaign by the family in a bid to bring the killers to book.
At a press conference held today, Mr McCartney's sisters Paula and Catherine joined Detective Inspector Phillip Marshall from the PSNI investigation team who appealed for the occupants of a blue car seen close to the scene of the murder to come forward.
Paula said that the family's grieving process had been "hindered" as no one had been held to account for the murder.
She described the blue car as "very significant" and appealed directly to the occupants to "search their hearts and tell us what they know".
Following the murder of the 33-year-old, the IRA claimed three members had been expelled, and the Republican paramilitary group offered to shoot the people responsible.
The McCartney family's quest for justice has taken them from the Short Strand to the White House where they met President George Bush, and they have had meetings with Tony Blair and Bertie Ahern.
While the McCartney family initially received support from the local community, following claims of intimidation of witnesses, a crowd picketed the home of Mr McCartney's partner.
Sinn Fein insisted that no members of the IRA were involved in the intimidation and called for it to stop.
However, following the furore surrounding the intimidation claims, Paula McCartney and Robert McCartney's partner Bridgeen Hagans have joined the other family members and moved out of the Short Strand area.
(SP)
Mr McCartney's murder outside a Belfast Bar on January 31, 2005, led to a sustained and high-profile campaign by the family in a bid to bring the killers to book.
At a press conference held today, Mr McCartney's sisters Paula and Catherine joined Detective Inspector Phillip Marshall from the PSNI investigation team who appealed for the occupants of a blue car seen close to the scene of the murder to come forward.
Paula said that the family's grieving process had been "hindered" as no one had been held to account for the murder.
She described the blue car as "very significant" and appealed directly to the occupants to "search their hearts and tell us what they know".
Following the murder of the 33-year-old, the IRA claimed three members had been expelled, and the Republican paramilitary group offered to shoot the people responsible.
The McCartney family's quest for justice has taken them from the Short Strand to the White House where they met President George Bush, and they have had meetings with Tony Blair and Bertie Ahern.
While the McCartney family initially received support from the local community, following claims of intimidation of witnesses, a crowd picketed the home of Mr McCartney's partner.
Sinn Fein insisted that no members of the IRA were involved in the intimidation and called for it to stop.
However, following the furore surrounding the intimidation claims, Paula McCartney and Robert McCartney's partner Bridgeen Hagans have joined the other family members and moved out of the Short Strand area.
(SP)
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The IRA has again reiterated its stance that it was not behind the murder of Belfast man Robert McCartney in January. In its Easter statement published in the republican paper An Phoblacht on Tuesday the republican group said that Mr McCartney’s crime was wrong. “The IRA has spelt out its position in relation to the killing of Robert McCartney.
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