Two RUC officers have been charged under internal disciplinary proceedings after it emerged that the weapon used in the killing of Mr Charles Folliard in Co Tyrone this week was lost by the force last year.
Mr Folliard was shot dead outside his girlfriend’s house in Strabane, Co Tyrone, on Monday. Republican dissidents are suspected of the killing.
The Hechler and Koch MP5 machine pistol was lost when it fell from the back of a police vehicle in May last year. The loss was reported but a subsequent search proved unsuccessful.
Results from forensic test released today showed the police-issue weapon was used in the killing.