McCartney sisters nominated for award

Updated: 19:06, Sunday, 15 May 2005

The sisters of the murdered Belfast man, Robert McCartney, have been nominated for an international award.

1 of 1McCartney family - Shortlisted for humanitarian award
McCartney family - Shortlisted for humanitarian award

The sisters of the murdered Belfast man, Robert McCartney, have been nominated for an international award.

The five women have been shortlisted for the prestigious Robert Burns Humanitarian Award, the winner of which will be announced in Scotland next Friday.

The McCartneys have led a campaign to bring their brother's killers to justice.

Robert McCartney was murdered outside a Belfast pub in January by a gang alleged to have included members of the IRA.

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