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| Jean McConville: Ivor Bell to be prosecuted for aiding murder | Jean McConville: Ivor Bell to be prosecuted for aiding murder |
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| The prosecution of a veteran republican is to go ahead in connection with the murder of Jean McConville. | |
| Ivor Bell, 78, of Ramoan Gardens, west Belfast, is charged with aiding and abetting the murder of Mrs McConville. | Ivor Bell, 78, of Ramoan Gardens, west Belfast, is charged with aiding and abetting the murder of Mrs McConville. |
| His appearance at Belfast Magistrates Court was the Public Prosecution Service's last chance to decide if the case would go ahead. | |
| The Belfast mother-of-10, one of the Disappeared, was abducted by the IRA from her flat in December 1972. | The Belfast mother-of-10, one of the Disappeared, was abducted by the IRA from her flat in December 1972. |
| Mrs McConville, 37, was kidnapped in front of her children after being wrongly accused of being an informer. | Mrs McConville, 37, was kidnapped in front of her children after being wrongly accused of being an informer. |
| Mr Bell is also charged with membership of the IRA. | Mr Bell is also charged with membership of the IRA. |
| He is due back in court in six weeks' time, when a date will be set for a preliminary inquiry to establish if the case will proceed to trial in the Crown Court. | |
| He was first charged in connection with the murder of Mrs McConville in March 2014, and the case has been adjourned a number of times. | He was first charged in connection with the murder of Mrs McConville in March 2014, and the case has been adjourned a number of times. |
| Last month, a judge gave the Public Prosecution Service a final deadline to proceed with the case, granting its application for a three-week adjournment until 4 June, despite a call from the defence to discontinue it. | Last month, a judge gave the Public Prosecution Service a final deadline to proceed with the case, granting its application for a three-week adjournment until 4 June, despite a call from the defence to discontinue it. |
| Mrs McConville was held at one or more houses before being shot and buried in secret. Her body was eventually recovered on a beach in County Louth in August 2003. | Mrs McConville was held at one or more houses before being shot and buried in secret. Her body was eventually recovered on a beach in County Louth in August 2003. |
| The claim that she was an informer was dismissed after an official investigation by the Northern Ireland Police Ombudsman | The claim that she was an informer was dismissed after an official investigation by the Northern Ireland Police Ombudsman |
| Nobody has ever been charged with her murder. | Nobody has ever been charged with her murder. |