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The security forces were involved in the murder of a nationalist politician almost 50 years ago. patsy kelly was a nationalist councillor in county tyrone. his body was found a the bottom of a lake in 1974. our ireland correspondent chris page has more. patsy kelly was involved in politics at a time when it was dangerous. the irish nationalist councillor went missing injuly 1974. he was murdered some time after he locked up the pub he owned in trillick in county tyrone. a fisherman found mr kelly's remains in loch eyes, 20 miles away. his killers had tied weights to his body. mr kelly's family...

Patsy Kelly was a father of four when he was murdered, and while his wife was pregnant at the time, he didn’t live long enough to see his fifth child or his later grandchildren being born.

Patrick 'Patsy' Kelly's family believe he was abducted and murdered by members of the Army in 1974.

Police Ombudsman Marie Anderson has said she does not anticipate any more legacy linked reports to be published before the summer - when controversial British government plans on dealing with the past come into law.

A police investigation into the murder of a nationalist councillor was "wholly inadequate", with the actions of some officers indicative of "collusive behaviour", a watchdog has found.