Ex-UDR soldiers ‘quizzed on GAA murder’
By Jonathan McCambridge
10 August 2005
Police today declined to comment on reports that a number of former UDR soldiers were among those questioned over the death of GAA official Sean Brown.
Father-of-six Sean Brown (61) was abducted and murdered by the LVF as he locked up the Wolfe Tone Gaelic Athletic Club on May 12, 1997.
He was shot several times and his body later recovered beside his burnt-out car in Randalstown.
Recently detectives investigating the murder and loyalist paramilitary activity launched more than 20 searches and made several arrests across counties Antrim, Armagh and Tyrone.
According to reports today, some of those questioned were ex-members of the UDR.
However, a police spokeswoman said they would not comment on the identities of people questioned.
During the searches, police arrested eight men and one woman under terrorist legislation. The also arrested three women and one man under Proceeds of Crime legislation.
All were later released.
Police working on the investigation last week also swooped on a number of addresses in England. Two men and two women were arrested and released pending inquiries.
Police launched a new investigation into the Brown murder after a damning 2003 Police Ombudsman investigation which said the RUC had made “no earnest effort” to catch the killers in their original investigation.
