Haddock charged with 1997 murder

Loyalist leader Mark Haddock was charged last night with the murder of 39-year-old John Harbinson in 1997

Loyalist leader Mark Haddock was charged last night with the murder of 39-year-old John Harbinson in 1997. He was beaten to death in the Mount Vernon estate in north Belfast.

Haddock was also charged with the attempted murder of a 37-year-old man and grievous bodily harm against a 37-year-old man.

He will appear in court in Belfast today.

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