Belfast murder suspect in court
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BELFAST, Northern Ireland -- Two men have appeared in court on charges in connection to a January attack that left a 33-year-old man dead in a crowded Belfast bar.
Terence Davison, 49, has been charged with killing Robert McCartney. James McCormick, 36, is charged with the attempted murder of Brendan Devine, a friend of McCartney's, in the same incident.
The two appeared Saturday morning at a Belfast court amid heavy police security. Both men were remanded in custody until July 1.
McCartney, a forklift truck driver and father of two, was beaten and stabbed to death in a bar fight at a Belfast pub. The attack allegedly involved well-known local Irish Republican Army figures.
The murder cast a shadow over the Northern Ireland peace process. McCartney's four sisters have campaigned in Britain, the United States and at the European Parliament in Strasbourg for his killers to be brought to justice.
The sisters sat in the public gallery during Saturday's arraignment.
Belfast police arrested the two earlier this week, saying the arrests were the result of police operations in Belfast and Birmingham, England.
McCartney's sister, Catherine McCartney, welcomed the news of those arrests, but told Britain's Press Association the family remains "cautious."
"People have been arrested before and let out. Others have walked into police stations, started at walls and said nothing," she said.
The IRA expelled three members for their role in the brutal stabbing.
