{"id":2618,"date":"2025-04-05T02:25:09","date_gmt":"2025-04-05T02:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/2618\/"},"modified":"2025-04-05T02:25:09","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T02:25:09","slug":"man-charged-by-detectives-investigating-the-lvf-murder-of-journalist-martin-ohagan-the-irish-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/2618\/","title":{"rendered":"Man charged by detectives investigating the LVF murder of journalist Martin O\u2019Hagan \u2013 The Irish News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">A 42-year-old man <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/tags\/arrest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">arrested <\/a>as part of an investigation into the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/news\/northernirelandnews\/2022\/09\/28\/news\/amnesty_international_calls_for_police_ombudsman_investigation_into_murder_of_journalist_to_be_published-2842198\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">murder of journalist Martin O\u2019Hagan in Lurgan in 2001<\/a> will appear in court on a fraud charge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Detectives attached to the Legacy Investigation charged the man fraud by false representation. He is due to appear before Craigavon Magistrates\u2019 Court on Friday May 2<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The man was arrested in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/tags\/sheffield\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sheffield <\/a>on Thursday morning, with assistance from Counter Terrorism Policing North East and South Yorkshire Police.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">He has since been transported to Belfast for questioning in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/tags\/musgrave-police-station\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Serious Crime Suite at Musgrave Police Station<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/news\/northern-ireland\/sandy-row-protest-over-irish-language-signs-at-grand-central-station-K2AEBR2JYRDBXNWCT3O6OMCOUI\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Sandy Row protest over Irish language signs at Grand Central Station\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/WJMPGIBT3BJINBGOCKBPDCZF2A.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"\/><\/a><a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/news\/northern-ireland\/abandoned-seafront-hotel-derelict-for-more-than-a-decade-finally-to-be-demolished-and-redeveloped-SAQXNNMZQ5BCFCOHHEDTXGKHZI\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Abandoned seafront hotel, derelict for more than a decade, finally to be demolished and redeveloped  \" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IYEHJA5M2ZF5XP6GEXNCSZOPQI.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Detectives also conducted a property search in Sheffield as part of the operation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Mr O\u2019Hagan, who was a reporter for The Sunday World, was shot dead by loyalist paramilitaries on September 28, 2001 as he walked home from a pub in Lurgan with his wife.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Responding to the latest update in the investigation, Patrick Corrigan, Amnesty International\u2019s Northern Ireland Director, said: \u201cThis is potentially the most significant development since charges against four men were dropped in July 2010.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cThe public execution of Martin O\u2019Hagan was designed to send a clear message to journalists in Northern Ireland that they are not safe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cIt is unacceptable that, in the twenty-four years since Martin O\u2019Hagan was shot dead, no one has been held accountable.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cThis failure has created an environment of impunity for those who continue to threaten journalists in Northern Ireland today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Last September, the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) renewed their call for an independent inquiry into his death.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 42-year-old man arrested as part of an investigation into the murder of journalist Martin O\u2019Hagan in 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