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| Jean McConville: Ivor Bell in court over Disappeared charge | Jean McConville: Ivor Bell in court over Disappeared charge |
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| An alleged former senior IRA member is due in court in connection with the murder of Jean McConville. | An alleged former senior IRA member is due in court in connection with the murder of Jean McConville. |
| The Belfast mother-of-10 was taken from her flat by the IRA in December 1972. | The Belfast mother-of-10 was taken from her flat by the IRA in December 1972. |
| Ivor Bell, 77, alleged to have been a senior member in the Provisional IRA in the 1970s, was arrested at his home in Andersonstown, west Belfast, on Tuesday. | |
| He is expected to appear before magistrates in Belfast on Saturday accused of aiding and abetting murder as well as membership of the IRA. | He is expected to appear before magistrates in Belfast on Saturday accused of aiding and abetting murder as well as membership of the IRA. |
| Mrs McConville, 37, became known as one of the Disappeared. | Mrs McConville, 37, became known as one of the Disappeared. |
| She was kidnapped in front of her children after being accused of having been an informer - a claim that was later dismissed following an official investigation by the Northern Ireland Police Ombudsman | She was kidnapped in front of her children after being accused of having been an informer - a claim that was later dismissed following an official investigation by the Northern Ireland Police Ombudsman |
| She 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. | She 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. |
| Nobody has ever been charged with her murder. | Nobody has ever been charged with her murder. |
| The Disappeared are those who were abducted, murdered and secretly buried by republicans during the Troubles. | The Disappeared are those who were abducted, murdered and secretly buried by republicans during the Troubles. |
| The IRA admitted in 1999 that it murdered and buried at secret locations nine of the Disappeared. | The IRA admitted in 1999 that it murdered and buried at secret locations nine of the Disappeared. |
| The Independent Commission for the Location of Victims' Remains was established in 1999 by a treaty between the British and Irish governments. | The Independent Commission for the Location of Victims' Remains was established in 1999 by a treaty between the British and Irish governments. |
| It lists 16 people as "disappeared". Despite extensive searches, the remains of seven of them have not been found. | It lists 16 people as "disappeared". Despite extensive searches, the remains of seven of them have not been found. |
| Mr Bell was part of an IRA delegation, which also included Sinn Féin's Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness, that held secret talks with the British government in London in 1972. | Mr Bell was part of an IRA delegation, which also included Sinn Féin's Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness, that held secret talks with the British government in London in 1972. |