Murder suspect appears in court
A MAN suspected of killing a British Army officer over 30 years ago has appeared in court.
Kevin Crilly, 59, from Lower Foughill Road in Jonesborough stood in the dock at Newry Magistrates Court in connection with the murder of Captain Robert Nairac.
After prosecutors agreed to a two-week remand on continuing bail, Mr Crilly is due to return to court on December 2.
Captain Nairac is believed to have been shot dead by the IRA after being snatched from a pub car park near Jonesborough to a location in Co Louth in 1977.
His body has never been found.
Three men have previously been convicted of the murder, another of manslaughter and two others were found guilty of the lesser charges of kidnap and withholding information.
Crilly was arrested last May and charged on counts of kidnapping and assault and false imprisonment after a BBC documentary team unearthed fresh evidence.
He denied those charges but admitted in court to driving one of the killers to the murder scene.
