Mr Sean Brown: The RUC helped his killers, his family believes
A SENIOR High Court judge has ordered the PSNI to hand over 34 non-sensitive files relating to the savage loyalist murder of south Derry GAA boss Sean Brown.
Lord Justice Reg Weir QC made the ruling this morning at the Laganside court complex in Belfast where he is reviewing 55 Troubles-related inquests involving 96 deaths.
He said the families should be handed over to Mr Brown’s family and its legal representatives, KRW Law.
The firm said it was the first pieces of material that the both the RUC and PSNI had handed over in the case since the murder almost 20 years ago.
Mr Brown’s widow is currently suing the PSNI Chief Constable and the Ministry of Defence for damages over his death.
Solicitors acting for Bridie Brown have lodged legal papers with the High Court in Belfast over the case.
She is claiming damages for “wrongful acts/omissions, neglect and default of the defendants”.
Mr Brown was abducted by an LVF gang as he locked the gates of Bellaghy Wolfe Tones GAA club in May 1997.
The 61-year-old was bundled into the boot of a car and driven to Randalstown, Co Antrim where he was shot six times and left to die of his injuries.
Some of those involved in the murder were British state agents, including one who was working for MI5.
Last year Policing Board member Dolores Kelly accused the PSNI of protecting the killers because they were State agents.
However, Chief Constable George Hamilton denied the claims.