The High Court in Belfast has heard that serving soldiers helped set up a bogus military checkpoint as part of a plot to murder two Catholic friends returning home from a Gaelic football match in Armagh.
The case concerns the 1975 loyalist murder of Sean Farmer. His family was present at the High Court hearing, according to the Belfast Telegraph.
What the court heard
The allegation is that the checkpoint was established to intercept the two men as they travelled home. The source describes the victims as Catholic friends and says the killings were carried out by loyalists.
The hearing was reported on 19 October 2026. No further details about the court proceedings or any next procedural step were provided in the supplied report.