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| Pair face UDA boss murder charge | Pair face UDA boss murder charge |
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| Two men are to appear in court charged with murdering a loyalist paramilitary leader in October 2000. | Two men are to appear in court charged with murdering a loyalist paramilitary leader in October 2000. |
| The charges follow a new investigation into the murder of Ulster Defence Association chief Tommy English. | The charges follow a new investigation into the murder of Ulster Defence Association chief Tommy English. |
| The accused are both aged 32. One of them also faces a charge of membership of a proscribed organisation. | The accused are both aged 32. One of them also faces a charge of membership of a proscribed organisation. |
| Six men have previously appeared in court charged in connection with Mr English's murder in Newtownabbey, County Antrim. | |
| Both men, who are to appear at Belfast Magistrates Court on Thursday, were arrested as part of inquiries by the Historical Enquiries Team - a specialist police unit set up to investigate unsolved killings throughout the Northern Ireland conflict. | Both men, who are to appear at Belfast Magistrates Court on Thursday, were arrested as part of inquiries by the Historical Enquiries Team - a specialist police unit set up to investigate unsolved killings throughout the Northern Ireland conflict. |
| Mr English, 40, was part of a loyalist delegation which took part in talks at Stormont prior to the 1998 Good Friday Agreement. | Mr English, 40, was part of a loyalist delegation which took part in talks at Stormont prior to the 1998 Good Friday Agreement. |
| He was shot dead in front of his wife at their home on the Ballyduff Estate, Newtownabbey on Halloween night, during a feud between rival UDA and UVF factions which claimed seven lives. | He was shot dead in front of his wife at their home on the Ballyduff Estate, Newtownabbey on Halloween night, during a feud between rival UDA and UVF factions which claimed seven lives. |
| Two brothers last month admitted aiding and abetting the murder. | Two brothers last month admitted aiding and abetting the murder. |