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| Northern Ireland police arrest man over Robert McCartney murder | Northern Ireland police arrest man over Robert McCartney murder |
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| A 51-year-old man has been arrested in connection with one of the most controversial killings of the post-ceasefire era in Northern Ireland. | A 51-year-old man has been arrested in connection with one of the most controversial killings of the post-ceasefire era in Northern Ireland. |
| The man was arrested in the Jonesborough area of south Armagh on Wednesday in relation to the murder in 2005 of the Belfast father of two Robert McCartney. He has been taken to the Antrim serious crimes suite for questioning. | The man was arrested in the Jonesborough area of south Armagh on Wednesday in relation to the murder in 2005 of the Belfast father of two Robert McCartney. He has been taken to the Antrim serious crimes suite for questioning. |
| The murder outside Magennis's bar in central Belfast provoked a crisis in the peace process after it emerged that local members of an IRA unit were involved in the killing and the forensic cover-up of the pub afterwards. | The murder outside Magennis's bar in central Belfast provoked a crisis in the peace process after it emerged that local members of an IRA unit were involved in the killing and the forensic cover-up of the pub afterwards. |
| McCartney, from the Short Strand district of the city, died after being beaten and stabbed near the bar. Sinn Féin was accused by his sisters of obstructing justice and preventing eyewitnesses from speaking out. | McCartney, from the Short Strand district of the city, died after being beaten and stabbed near the bar. Sinn Féin was accused by his sisters of obstructing justice and preventing eyewitnesses from speaking out. |
| The McCartney sisters launched a high-profile campaign to bring their brother's killers to justice and won support from sympathisers including George W Bush and Ted Kennedy in the US. | The McCartney sisters launched a high-profile campaign to bring their brother's killers to justice and won support from sympathisers including George W Bush and Ted Kennedy in the US. |
| The sisters also organised a high-profile campaign that took them from the streets of the working-class nationalist Short Strand to the White House, and to Sinn Féin's annual conference in Dublin. | The sisters also organised a high-profile campaign that took them from the streets of the working-class nationalist Short Strand to the White House, and to Sinn Féin's annual conference in Dublin. |
| The IRA expelled three members over the murder and Sinn Féin subsequently suspended seven of its members. | The IRA expelled three members over the murder and Sinn Féin subsequently suspended seven of its members. |
| In 2008, Terence Davison, 51, was acquitted of McCartney's murder and two other men were cleared of charges connected to the killing. | In 2008, Terence Davison, 51, was acquitted of McCartney's murder and two other men were cleared of charges connected to the killing. |
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