Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Substantial damages for Belfast estate agent

A Belfast estate agent has received substantial libel damages over unfounded claims in the Sunday World newspaper which may have linked him to a murdered loyalist paramilitary leader.

Philip Johnston, who ran a chain of estate agencies in east Belfast, also received an apology from the Sunday World. According to RTE, the case relates to a story in the paper which included claims that an estate agent provided the keys of a safe house UDA leader Jim Gray used to hide a killer

Gray was later shot dead during a loyalist feud.