Raymond McCord senior has announced that he is setting up a victims group along with other relatives including the aunt of Gerard Devlin (murdered in 2006) and Paul McIlwaine whose son David was murdered in 2000.
From the BBC report:
Mr McCord said the Victims Commission set up by the assembly was a “sham” and a new cross-community group would be established this week. “We are going to set up our own victims’ group.”
“We will help people the way they should be helped and not (through) a political agenda.”
“There is no group here in this country dealing properly with people being intimidated, particularly at interface areas.”
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