Family of UDR man murdered by IRA granted access to court file

The family of Corporal James Elliott, a part-time Ulster Defence Regiment member killed by the Provisional IRA in April 1972 near Newry, has been granted access to court files relating to a Special Criminal Court trial connected to his death. Mr Justice David Barniville, President of the High Court, made the order following an application by the Elliott family, who have campaigned for decades to establish the…