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Reavey Case must be Revisited - Boylan

Published: 5 July, 2010

The debate which is scheduled for Wednesday 30th June will provoke a discussion around the 1976 murders which the Sinn Féin MLA hopes will lead to the full investigation of the case.

"This murder has gone unsolved for over 30 years. This is a gross affront to the Reavey family and one which must be addressed. In light of the publication of the long awaited Saville Report into the conduct of the Parachute Regiment on Bloody Sunday I feel that now is the time for a full investigation into the circumstances which precluded the murder of these brothers.

The Newry and Armagh MLA continued, "There is an avalanche of evidence to indicate that widespread collusion existed between the RUC and loyalist death squads which were facilitated by the highest ranking RUC officers.

"There were four guns used in the Reavey brothers' killings. We know that some of these weapons were also used in ten other murders, including the killing of three men at Donnelly's bar in Silverbridge in 1975, and numerous other attacks.
"It is essential for truth recovery and to enable us to deal with the past that a full and proper investigation into loyalist death gangs such as the Glenanne Gang and collusion with British state forces in initiated immediately."