Protestant Militant Held in Lawyer’s 1989 Slaying
From Times Wire Reports
A special police team arrested a Protestant militant in connection with a long-unsolved slaying.
William “Mo” Courtney, 39, was being questioned about the 1989 slaying of Patrick Finucane, a Roman Catholic lawyer who defended Irish Republican Army suspects.
A gunman burst into Finucane’s home in Belfast, the Northern Ireland capital, and fatally shot him.
Courtney is a top member of the outlawed Ulster Defense Assn., a pro-British Protestant paramilitary group.
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