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A new investigation is to be launched into the controversial | :00:07. | :00:09. | |
killing of an IRA man by the RUC in Downpatrick 25 years ago. | :00:10. | :00:14. | |
An eyewitness has come forward and supported claims | :00:15. | :00:16. | |
by the family of Colum Marks, that he was shot | :00:17. | :00:19. | |
Our home affairs correspondant Vincent Kearney reports. | :00:20. | :00:33. | |
RUC officers were in wait when an IRA unit | :00:34. | :00:35. | |
were ordered to carry out an attack in April 19 91. | :00:36. | :00:38. | |
One of the IRA members Colum Marks was shot dead. | :00:39. | :00:40. | |
The police officer who fired the shot said he believed Colum | :00:41. | :00:43. | |
Marks was armed and had refused to stop when an attempt was made to | :00:44. | :00:46. | |
arrest him. No gun was ever found. | :00:47. | :00:50. | |
His family claimed Colum Marks was shot after being arrested. | :00:51. | :00:52. | |
The RUC insisted that was not the case. | :00:53. | :00:56. | |
Lawyers for the family have been taking legal action in a bid to | :00:57. | :01:00. | |
force the police to investigate the circumstances of the killing. | :01:01. | :01:04. | |
They have said they couldn't do so because the RUC had already | :01:05. | :01:07. | |
That all changed when an eye witness came | :01:08. | :01:11. | |
The eyewitness has said that during the | :01:12. | :01:16. | |
shooting, he saw a man believed to be Colum | :01:17. | :01:19. | |
Marks walking along the street under police guard. | :01:20. | :01:21. | |
He said it was clear the man was under | :01:22. | :01:23. | |
arrest and three RUC officers were with him. | :01:24. | :01:26. | |
That contradicts police claims that Colum Marks was not under arrest | :01:27. | :01:29. | |
when he was shot because it was feared he posed a threat. | :01:30. | :01:33. | |
Lawyers for the Marks family haven't disclosed any | :01:34. | :01:36. | |
The legal action was finished today now | :01:37. | :01:46. | |
The legal action was withdrawn today now | :01:47. | :01:47. | |
that it's been decided that an investigation will be launched. | :01:48. | :01:50. | |
The decision was welcomed by a lawyer | :01:51. | :01:51. | |
This information disputes the previous statements by the RUC. | :01:52. | :01:56. | |
An assessment of the case will be carried out to establish | :01:57. | :02:01. | |
Two months ago, the Attorney General asked the prosecution | :02:02. | :02:07. | |
services to review the decision not to prosecute any | :02:08. | :02:09. | |
police officers involved in the incident. | :02:10. | :02:16. | |
The Inquiry into Abuse at Institutions has been shown | :02:17. | :02:19. | |
an MI6 intelligence document which claimed at least one agent | :02:20. | :02:22. | |
was aware of sexual abuse at Kincora Boys Home. | :02:23. | :02:27. | |
It's long been at the centre of allegations that a paedophile | :02:28. | :02:30. | |
ring, involving high-profile political and military figures, | :02:31. | :02:32. | |
Lisa McAlister reports from the Inquiry in Banbridge. | :02:33. | :02:41. | |
The document emerged during evidence given via video link | :02:42. | :02:45. | |
a by Deputy Director of MI6 which operated here in | :02:46. | :02:48. | |
Known as SIS officer A, he was asked about the 1989 note which stated: | :02:49. | :03:12. | |
Giving evidence via video link said that despite an extensive trawl of | :03:13. | :03:21. | |
MI6's file, the could not find any other evidence to support the 1989 | :03:22. | :03:27. | |
note. Cheer of the enquiry then asked whether the author of the note | :03:28. | :03:32. | |
had some personal knowledge which he hadn't recorded by F, for some | :03:33. | :03:35. | |
reason, had the wrong end of the stick. He replied that he couldn't | :03:36. | :03:41. | |
speculate as to what the offer was thinking when he wrote it. | :03:42. | :03:43. | |
SIS officer A also said the service found no credible evidence | :03:44. | :03:46. | |
to support the claims former M16 chief Sir Maurice Oldfield | :03:47. | :03:48. | |
The coordinator of security operations in Northern Ireland | :03:49. | :03:53. | |
had his clearance revoked in 1980 when it emerged he was gay. | :03:54. | :03:59. | |
At the time, the security services would not give clearance to gay men, | :04:00. | :04:03. | |
amid fears that foreign spies would blackmail them. | :04:04. | :04:06. | |
None of the former Kincora residents who have given evidence to the HIA | :04:07. | :04:09. | |
have claimed Sir Maurice abused them though one claimed | :04:10. | :04:14. | |
A woman found with head injuries in Newry this | :04:15. | :04:22. | |
morning is in a critical condition in hospital. | :04:23. | :04:25. | |
It happened at a house on Hollyridge Lane, | :04:26. | :04:28. | |
between the Fiveways roundabout and Carnbane industrial estate. | :04:29. | :04:31. | |
Officers found her as they followed up a report about a drunk | :04:32. | :04:34. | |
Police say it's not yet clear how she was hurt. | :04:35. | :04:40. | |
A court has been told that a double murderer admitted to his girlfriend | :04:41. | :04:44. | |
that he had used a samurai sword to kill two men | :04:45. | :04:46. | |
One of them had been almost decapitated. | :04:47. | :04:52. | |
Police found the two casualties in the living room of this | :04:53. | :05:00. | |
Appearing for sentencing today was 47-year-old | :05:01. | :05:02. | |
Armstrong initially denied carrying out the frenzied attack, | :05:03. | :05:09. | |
claiming he had arrived at the house to discover | :05:10. | :05:12. | |
Later, he admitted killing both Colin Lindsay and Stanley Wightman. | :05:13. | :05:21. | |
All three men lived close to each other in the Belvoir Estate in south | :05:22. | :05:24. | |
Belfast and were well known to each other. | :05:25. | :05:26. | |
Mr Lindsay apparently telephoned Armstrong asking him to come | :05:27. | :05:28. | |
All three men then spent most of the day drinking together. | :05:29. | :05:36. | |
The attack happened later that evening. | :05:37. | :05:44. | |
It was only discovered when Mr Armstrong then returned to his own | :05:45. | :05:51. | |
home and his girlfriend noticed he was covered in blood on his face and | :05:52. | :05:56. | |
on his hand. She also noted that there was a samurai sword in the | :05:57. | :06:00. | |
passenger well of the car he was driving. | :06:01. | :06:03. | |
The court heard that sword blows to the victims' hands and arms point | :06:04. | :06:06. | |
to the murdered men trying vainly to protect themselves. | :06:07. | :06:08. | |
Autopsy results record multiple sword blows to the neck | :06:09. | :06:10. | |
Two incisions to Mr Lindsay's spinal cord would have | :06:11. | :06:13. | |
Police arrived at the murder scene shortly after 8pm. | :06:14. | :06:22. | |
They found two casualties in the living room. | :06:23. | :06:27. | |
Colin Lindsay was found slumped on the sofa. | :06:28. | :06:29. | |
Mr Wightman was found lying in a doorway. | :06:30. | :06:33. | |
He too had sustained multiple injuries to his head and neck. | :06:34. | :06:36. | |
He died of his injuries though two days later. | :06:37. | :06:43. | |
Bereaved family members and friends of the two | :06:44. | :06:45. | |
murdered men were in the public gallery for today's hearing. | :06:46. | :06:48. | |
Albert Armstrong had been sentenced to life for the two murders. | :06:49. | :06:51. | |
He will learn next month the minimum tariff he will have to serve. | :06:52. | :07:01. | |
A service will take place tomorrow in Thiepval in France | :07:02. | :07:04. | |
for the thousands of men from the 36th Ulster Division | :07:05. | :07:07. | |
who died at the Battle of the Somme in World War One. | :07:08. | :07:10. | |
They fought and died alongside friends and neighbours, | :07:11. | :07:12. | |
The Royal Irish Regiment's had to learn a new anthem in preparation | :07:13. | :07:27. | |
for tomorrow's Somme centenary service in France. | :07:28. | :07:32. | |
The ground at the Ulster Tower in the Thiepval have been | :07:33. | :07:35. | |
transformed for this special commemorative event. | :07:36. | :07:38. | |
The service needs to be dignified and show | :07:39. | :07:41. | |
respect to the soldiers that lost their lives | :07:42. | :07:43. | |
The arts are also involved in marking | :07:44. | :07:51. | |
It is a remarkable privilege to put the art next to | :07:52. | :07:56. | |
the reality and see how they are against each other. | :07:57. | :07:59. | |
To commemorate these men and this event and how it | :08:00. | :08:02. | |
Such was the sacrifice of the 36th Ulster | :08:03. | :08:05. | |
Division that it led the French Government | :08:06. | :08:07. | |
to making a rather unique gesture of gratitude. | :08:08. | :08:12. | |
The site that we are standing on here was donated | :08:13. | :08:15. | |
in perpetuity by the people of France to the people of Ulster after | :08:16. | :08:18. | |
It is our piece of land as long as there is a memorial on it. | :08:19. | :08:25. | |
Technically, when you come through our gate, | :08:26. | :08:26. | |
As French protocol, to this day, they don't walk into the site | :08:27. | :08:32. | |
Over 2000 Ulstermen were killed with 5500 | :08:33. | :08:42. | |
killed, wounded and missing on the first day of the fighting. | :08:43. | :08:45. | |
Tomorrow, the slaughter at the Somme will be remembered by tens | :08:46. | :08:47. | |
of thousands of people 100 years after the battle. | :08:48. | :08:54. | |
Everything is now in place for this special televised Somme centenary | :08:55. | :08:57. | |
Probably the most important of all the centenary commemorations, | :08:58. | :09:03. | |
particularly for those families who have connections with the 36th | :09:04. | :09:05. | |
The centenary of the Battle of the Somme is being marked | :09:06. | :09:16. | |
by an overnight vigil in County Down. | :09:17. | :09:19. | |
It's open to the public and is one of several similar events | :09:20. | :09:21. | |
being held across the UK. David Maxwell reports. | :09:22. | :09:32. | |
This tower was well known by the men of the 36th Ulster Division. The | :09:33. | :09:41. | |
trained on the land around it before heading to the battlefields of | :09:42. | :09:46. | |
France. A copy of it at the Excel would become a lasting memorial to | :09:47. | :09:50. | |
those who paid the ultimate prize. A century on that from the evil | :09:51. | :09:55. | |
battle, a lone piper played a lament on that tower overlooking County | :09:56. | :10:02. | |
Down. Within earshot at the Battle of the Somme Museum, an overnight | :10:03. | :10:06. | |
vigil to remember those who were killed or injured. Week that it was | :10:07. | :10:09. | |
important not only to remember those from the 36th Ulster Division. That | :10:10. | :10:16. | |
is more than the 1500 who were killed on the Titanic to get some | :10:17. | :10:21. | |
comparison. The men of the Tyneside Irish, nearly 1500 of them died as | :10:22. | :10:26. | |
well. Among those gathered, relatives of some of the lost. My | :10:27. | :10:33. | |
great uncle was a rifleman and was killed on the first day of the | :10:34. | :10:42. | |
Somme. Just a young man. He has no known grave and he is on the | :10:43. | :10:46. | |
Thiepval the Morrill. This overnight vigil will end at 7am tomorrow with | :10:47. | :10:51. | |
another service and at approximately 7:30am, whistles will be blown here | :10:52. | :10:55. | |
marking the exact time the men of the 36th Ulster Division went over | :10:56. | :10:59. | |
the top and took part in one of the bloodiest battles in human history. | :11:00. | :11:03. | |
And we will have a special programme live from Thiepval in France | :11:04. | :11:07. | |
at a commemorative service at the Ulster Tower marking | :11:08. | :11:09. | |
the 100th anniversary of the start of the Battle of the Somme. | :11:10. | :11:14. | |
That's at 1.15pm tomorrow here on BBC One. | :11:15. | :11:19. | |
And on Sunday, we'll have another special programme to mark | :11:20. | :11:21. | |
William Crawley will be looking back on her many visits | :11:22. | :11:25. | |
to Northern Ireland over the last six decades. | :11:26. | :11:28. | |
That's at 5.15pm this Sunday on BBC One. | :11:29. | :11:34. | |
As the fallout from the EU referendum continues, | :11:35. | :11:36. | |
our three local MEPs will be discussing what happens next | :11:37. | :11:38. | |
on The View with Mark Carruthers immediately after this bulletin. | :11:39. | :11:45. | |
Here's Geoff Maskell with the weather. | :11:46. | :11:56. | |
July does not get off to a better start. Overnight tonight, the rain | :11:57. | :12:02. | |
we had earlier will fizzle out | :12:03. | :12:04. |