The family of a nationalist councillor murdered in 1974 were failed by police as the result of 'a wholly inadequate investigation', the Police Ombudsman (PONIPressOffice) finds.
The family of a man who was abducted and murdered in 1974 were failed by police as the result of an inadequate investigation, the Police Ombudsman has found.
The ombudsman also found that there was collusive behaviour in aspects of the police investigation intoThe 33-year-old's body was recovered from a County Fermanagh lake almost three weeks after he went missing.The father-of-five's family have always been convinced that members the Ulster Defence Regiment were responsible for the murder and that the police did not conduct a proper investigation because of this.
Mr Kelly's family met Police Ombudsman Marie Anderson on Wednesday morning before her findings were made public.
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