'Today’s listing of the High Court civil action will now give the family a final chance to get some long overdue closure'
The family of a man stabbed to death in West Belfast have secured a date for a civil action against five men convicted of offences linked to his killing.
Relatives of the victim are seeking damages for their loss, along with alleged psychiatric disorders they suffered due to the killing. A judge today listed the case for a 10-day hearing at the High Court in September next year. Four other men pleaded guilty to affray, receiving sentences ranging from a one-year suspended term to two years’ imprisonment. Relatives of the victim previously claimed they were denied justice after a decision was taken to drop more serious charges in the case.
The five defendants are now being sued for alleged assault, trespass and battery. Papers in the case claim Mr Devlin was stabbed, beaten with an improvised cudgel and repeatedly punched and kicked.
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