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>SDLP murder shock >Sunday, March 18, 2007 > >By Stephen Breen > >The SDLP was rocked last night by claims that one of >its senior members carried out a brutal Troubles >murder. > >'Cold case' cops were urged to quiz the politician >following allegations by murder-victim Eoin Devine's >family that the leading party figure committed the >savage 1973 slaying. > >Graffiti has also appeared on gable walls accusing the >well-known politician of involvement in the murder of >Mr Devine (24), from west Belfast, who bled to death >after being shot in the back. > >When Sunday Life approached the senior SDLP member >yesterday, the politician replied: "I will sue anyone >who tries to say I'm a killer." > >The party has been rocked by the graffiti, which read: >'SDLP murderer ***** *****. What About O Devine?' > >SDLP deputy leader Alasdair McDonnell (right), who is >not the member identified in the graffiti, said: "I >imagine the person who was named would take legal >action if they discovered who was responsible." > >Robbie Devine - whose brother, Eoin, was killed in >1973 - spoke out after graffiti appeared naming the >SDLP member as the 24-year-old's killer. > >The graffiti read: 'SDLP murderer ***** *****. What >About O Devine?' > >When contacted by Sunday Life yesterday, the senior >SDLP figure said: " I will sue anyone who tries to say >I am a killer. > >"If anybody has any information on any killing, they >should go to the PSNI." > >The party's deputy leader, Alasdair McDonnell, who is >not the member named in the graffiti, said: "I was >made aware of the graffiti, but I don't know anything >about this case. > >"I imagine the person who was named would take legal >action if they discovered who was responsible for the >graffiti." > >Mr Devine told Sunday Life that he believes the SDLP >member named in the graffiti was responsible for his >brother's death. > >He said: "We think this graffiti is the truth and I'm >not surprised this person has been named. > >"This person should be quizzed by police about the >killing. > >"After all these years, we still want justice for my >brother and we are willing to speak to the (PSNI) >Historical Enquiries Team about this. > >"I think Eoin's killers were trying to scare him by >using an M1 carbine, but he was a totally innocent >victim. > >"Eoin promised that he didn't do anything and our >family should not have had to bury him on his >birthday. > >"Whoever did this should be brought before the >courts." > >The graffiti was daubed last Wednesday morning, but >was later removed. > >Eoin Devine, a single man, was shot dead on August 25, >1973. > >He had been kidnapped and was found dying from gunshot >wounds at a house in McClure Street, off Belfast's >Ormeau Road. > >Mr Devine, from Distillery Street, in the west of the >city, had been accused of stealing the keys to a >public house. His family have always protested his >innocence. > >It is believed he was interrogated before being shot >twice in the buttocks.

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