Wright's father says file missing

The father of the murdered LVF leader, Billy Wright, has claimed the depositions of two key prison service personnel, whose names…

The father of the murdered LVF leader, Billy Wright, has claimed the depositions of two key prison service personnel, whose names were included on the list of witnesses at the inquest into his son's murder last year, have now been removed from the coroner's files.

Mr David Wright made the claim after inspecting his son's inquest file at Newtownabbey Courthouse, Co Antrim, yesterday. He said the removal of the witness documents was an extremely serious issue and demanded to know who had authorised their removal and for what reasons.

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