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13/06/2005
Canal body find believed to be missing man
The body of a man recovered from a car in Newry Canal at the weekend is believed to be that of missing Armagh man Gareth O'Connor.
Mr O’Connor, 24, went missing in May 2003 as he drove south to answer bail conditions in the Irish Republic. Detectives believe he was killed by the IRA despite their subsequent denial.
Police have confirmed that the car which was recovered on Saturday was Mr O’Connor’s. The submerged blue Volkswagen Golf was discovered close to Victoria Lock near Newry after a two-day operation involving members of the PSNI's underwater search unit.
Dental and DNA tests will be used to identify the body after a post mortem examination proved inconclusive.
Mr O’Connor, who had been charged with membership of the dissident republican Real IRA shortly before his disappearance, was last spotted on closed-circuit television pictures driving through the Co Armagh village of Newtownhamilton.
His family believe mainstream republicans were behind the killing.
(MB/SP)
Mr O’Connor, 24, went missing in May 2003 as he drove south to answer bail conditions in the Irish Republic. Detectives believe he was killed by the IRA despite their subsequent denial.
Police have confirmed that the car which was recovered on Saturday was Mr O’Connor’s. The submerged blue Volkswagen Golf was discovered close to Victoria Lock near Newry after a two-day operation involving members of the PSNI's underwater search unit.
Dental and DNA tests will be used to identify the body after a post mortem examination proved inconclusive.
Mr O’Connor, who had been charged with membership of the dissident republican Real IRA shortly before his disappearance, was last spotted on closed-circuit television pictures driving through the Co Armagh village of Newtownhamilton.
His family believe mainstream republicans were behind the killing.
(MB/SP)
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