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Government appeal over Sean Brown murder inquiry ruling to be heard

A government appeal against a ruling ordering a public inquiry into the murder of Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) official Sean Brown is to be heard at the UK Supreme Court on Tuesday.

Mr Brown, 61, was abducted in Bellaghy, County Londonderry, and shot by the Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF) in 1997.

Intelligence material has since linked state agents to his murder.

The hearing in London is scheduled to last one day, with a judgment coming at a future point in time.

Members of the Brown family are due to attend on Tuesday.

The case has been the subject of repeated legal battles since 2024.

Last year, the Court of Appeal (CoA) in Belfast upheld a ruling ordering a public inquiry and found the government’s refusal to establish one was unlawful.

The government is challenging the judgment on multiple grounds.

It accepts there has not been a proper investigation into the murder.

But it is at loggerheads with the family over how the matter is remedied.

It has argued the case can be dealt with by the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery (ICRIR), once it undergoes reform.


BBC News

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