The case against a former IRA commander accused of involvement in the murder of a Belfast widow who was kidnapped, killed and buried in secret has collapsed. Ivor Bell, a veteran republican, was cleared of soliciting the murder of Jean McConville in 1972. McConville became known as one of the “disappeared” of the Northern Ireland Troubles. Detectives from the Police Service of Northern Ireland went to the US supreme court to seize the Boston tapes and used them to prosecute Bell, claiming he was “interviewee Z”. This interview contained accounts of how the IRA killed McConville and hid her body.

Source: The Guardian October 17, 2019 12:11 UTC