9 April 1998 Edition
Castlewellan recruitment
Frank McDowell, Sinn Fein Councillor for South Down, has accused the RUC of trying to recruit informers in the Castlewellan area and advised nationalists not to attend RUC barracks alone.
During trouble in Castlewellan on St Patrick's night an RUC man was accused of having connections with a leading Loyalist family, the LVF and complicity in the murder of James Morgan.
According to McDowell, ``this same RUC man then visited the homes of several young men and told them to attend the Castlewellan RUC barracks or face arrest''. Once there, a uniformed sergeant and a reserve RUC man repeatedly asked about the allegations concerning the loyalists and the links to the Morgan murder. The RUC men also tried to coerce the young men to inform on named Republicans in the Castlewellan area.
During trouble in Castlewellan on St Patrick's night an RUC man was accused of having connections with a leading Loyalist family, the LVF and complicity in the murder of James Morgan.
According to McDowell, ``this same RUC man then visited the homes of several young men and told them to attend the Castlewellan RUC barracks or face arrest''. Once there, a uniformed sergeant and a reserve RUC man repeatedly asked about the allegations concerning the loyalists and the links to the Morgan murder. The RUC men also tried to coerce the young men to inform on named Republicans in the Castlewellan area.