Three released in Belfast loyalist murder inquiry

The three men being questioned about a loyalist paramilitary murder in Belfast have been released without charge.

The three men being questioned about a loyalist paramilitary murder in Belfast have been released without charge.

The men were arrested yesterday by detectives investigating the killing of Jameson Lockhart (25) in the east of the city last July.

Mr Lockhart, from north Belfast, was gunned down at the wheel of a lorry on the lower Newtownards Road.

His killing was blamed on the Ulster Volunteer Force, which at the time was feuding with the rival Loyalist Volunteer Force.

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Lockhart had been clearing rubble from a demolished pub when the gunmen struck.

A PSNI spokesman said the arrests were made in the Belfast area.