Man charged in Northern Ireland over Nairac death

                   
reuters.co.uk     21-May-2008            

BELFAST (Reuters) - A 57-year-old man has been charged with false imprisonment and kidnapping in connection with the killing of British army officer Robert Nairac in the province in the 1970s, police said. Irish Republican Army (IRA) guerrillas were widely believed to have abducted and executed... [read full story]                    

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Man charged over Nairac killing

bbc.co.uk     21-May-2008          

A 57-year-old man is to be charged in connection with the killing of Robert Nairac. Captain Nairac, a British Army undercover agent, was abducted by the IRA in Jonesborough, County Armagh, on 14 May, 1977. The man, believed to be Kevin Crilly, was arrested on Tuesday at his home in Jonesborough....                    

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Heroic undercover soldier Robert Nairac was savagely executed by the IRA. Will yesterday's arrest...

dailymail.co.uk     21-May-2008          

He put down his Guinness and pushed his way through the throng to the stage in the packed, smoke-filled pub in remote Bandit Country, close to the border with the Irish Republic, as the band leader called out his name. Fatal mission: Captain Robert Nairac in his uniform And then, as he drunkenly...                    

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Police charge IRA veteran over abduction and murder of undercover British soldier Robert Nairac

dailymail.co.uk     22-May-2008          

Northern Ireland police have charged an Irish Republican Army veteran in connection with the 1977 abduction and murder of an undercover British soldier. Police said 57-year-old Kevin Crilly would appear before a court tomorrow on charges of kidnapping and falsely imprisoning Capt. Robert Nairac,...                    

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Man bailed over soldier killing

bbc.co.uk     22-May-2008          

A 57-year-old man has appeared in court charged in connection with the killing of British Army officer Robert Nairac. Kevin Crilly, from Lower Foughill Road, Jonesborough, is charged with the kidnapping and false imprisonment of the British Army undercover agent. Captain Nairac, 29, was abducted...                    

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Man denies soldier kidnap charge

bbc.co.uk     22-May-2008          

A 57-year-old man has appeared in court charged in connection with the killing of British Army officer Robert Nairac. Kevin Crilly, from Lower Foughill Road, Jonesborough, is charged with the kidnapping and false imprisonment of the British Army undercover agent. Captain Nairac, 29, was abducted...                    

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SAS murder 'driver' in court

thesun.co.uk     22-May-2008          

CAPTAIN Robert Nairac was a bit of a 'Boys Own' comic strip hero who ended up taking one risk too many. The young Grenadier Guardsman was working as an intelligence officer when he was snatched from the car park of the Three Steps Inn at Drumintee outside Jonesborough on the Irish border by the...                    

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Man bailed over kidnap of soldier

bbc.co.uk     22-May-2008          

A man has appeared in court charged with the assault and kidnap of British Army officer Robert Nairac. Kevin Crilly, 57, from Lower Foughill Road, Jonesborough, denies the charges. Captain Nairac was abducted by the IRA from a pub in Dromintee, County Armagh, on 14 May, 1977. His body has never...                    

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Link To Nairac Killing Alleged

4ni.co.uk     22-May-2008          

More than three decades after the shocking killing of undercover British Army Officer, Captain Robert Nairac in south Armagh, a man has appeared in court charged in connection with the murder - and been released on bail until a further appearance in July.Kevin Crilly, 57, was charged with...                    

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Man denies role in murdered soldier's disappearance

guardian.co.uk     22-May-2008          

A man accused of kidnapping the murdered British soldier Robert Nairac has denied any involvement in the army officer's disappearance. Kevin Crilly, 57, of South Armagh, appeared before Newry magistrates court charged with the kidnap and false imprisonment of the Grenadier Guards officer 31 years...                    

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Accused 'drove Nairac's murderer'

scotsman.com     23-May-2008          

Published Date: 23 May 2008 A MAN allegedly linked to the disappearance 30 years ago of army officer Robert Nairac in Northern Ireland admits driving the soldier's murderer, police told a court yesterday. Hairs from the 29-year-old victim were discovered in the family car of defendant Kevin...                    

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