IMC to blame IRA members for Paul Quinn killing
Belfast Telegraph
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
The body set up to monitor paramilitary activity in Northern Ireland is expected to publicly state today that the IRA leadership did not sanction the murder of Paul Quinn last October.
The 21-year-old, from Cullyhanna in south Armagh, was beaten to death after being lured to a remote farm in Co Monaghan by a gang of men.
His family have blamed IRA members for the killing, but Sinn Fein has insisted it resulted from a criminal dispute.
In its latest report, the Independent Monitoring Commission is understood to conclude that current and former members of the IRA in south Armagh were involved in the killing.
However, it is also expected to say that it does not believe the IRA leadership sanctioned the attack.
