Reward offered for info on postman killing

A reward of £20,000 is being offered in an attempt to catch the killers of Catholic postman, Danny McColgan, in County Antrim last month. The 20-year-old was shot dead by two gunmen as he arrived for work in the Rathcoole Estate on the outskirts of north Belfast.

The killing was claimed by the UDA and came after Loyalist paramilitaries had issued death threats against Catholic teachers and postal workers. The shooting sparked a wave of revulsion across the North and resulted in a series of protest rallies organised by the trade union movement.

So far, however, police have made no breakthrough in the hunt for Danny McColgan's killers and have now taken the unusual step of offering a reward for information leading to the prosecution of the gunmen. The cash has been provided by a number of unidentified groups.

Police have also issued a new appeal for information about a man called Stephen McCullough, whose body was found at the bottom of a cliff on the Cavehill in north Belfast, days after Danny McColgan was murdered.

Shortly before he died, Mr McCullough, who was 39, had asked to speak to the police about the postman's murder while he was in custody on a separate matter. However he left the station without talking to officers and his body was found less than 24 hours later.