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Glenanne gang: Legal challenge over investigation into UVF killings | Glenanne gang: Legal challenge over investigation into UVF killings |
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The brother of a boy killed by a loyalist gang, allegedly containing members of the RUC and UDR, is to launch a legal challenge against Northern Ireland's chief constable later. | |
The Glenanne gang has been accused of involvement in 120 murders on both sides of the border in the early 1970s. | The Glenanne gang has been accused of involvement in 120 murders on both sides of the border in the early 1970s. |
Edward Barnard's brother Patrick, 13, was among those killed. | Edward Barnard's brother Patrick, 13, was among those killed. |
There are allegations of security force collusion in the murders. | |
The Ulster Volunteer Force gang was based at a farm in Glenanne, Armagh. | The Ulster Volunteer Force gang was based at a farm in Glenanne, Armagh. |
Patrick Barnard was one of four people who died in a bomb at the Hillcrest Bar in Dungannon, County Tyrone, on 17 March 1976. | |
His brother will seek a judicial review into how the Historical Enquiries Team (Het) - which has now been effectively closed - examined the murder. | His brother will seek a judicial review into how the Historical Enquiries Team (Het) - which has now been effectively closed - examined the murder. |
Relatives of a number of the other victims of the gang will accompany Mr Barnard to the High Court in Belfast for the hearing. | Relatives of a number of the other victims of the gang will accompany Mr Barnard to the High Court in Belfast for the hearing. |
Mr Barnard's solicitor Kevin Winters said: "The Het has gone and there has been no sight of a wide-ranging review into the Glenanne gang murders, despite the fact that it is known that such a review was almost completed and would have contributed to Edward Barnard's knowledge of the role of state collusion in the activities of the Glenanne gang." | Mr Barnard's solicitor Kevin Winters said: "The Het has gone and there has been no sight of a wide-ranging review into the Glenanne gang murders, despite the fact that it is known that such a review was almost completed and would have contributed to Edward Barnard's knowledge of the role of state collusion in the activities of the Glenanne gang." |
The case is being supported by victims' lobby group, the Pat Finucane Centre. | The case is being supported by victims' lobby group, the Pat Finucane Centre. |