A woman whose parents and husband were murdered by the UVF in the early 1990s tells an inquest how her family's lives were 'turned upside down'
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A woman whose husband and parents were murdered in separate loyalist attacks has told an inquest that her family's lives were "turned upside down". Bernie McKearney's husband Kevin and his uncle John McKearney were shot at their family butcher shop in Moy, County Tyrone, in January 1992.The Ulster Volunteer Force said it carried out all four murders.The families of those who were murdered held photographs as they walked into the coroner's courtIt found that the double murders had been linked.
Kevin McKearney, a father of four, was working behind the counter of the butcher shop on 3 January 1992 when a gunman walked in and shot him several times.His 68-year-old uncle John - known as Jack - was shot and seriously wounded in the attack.The following September Charles and Teresa Fox, aged 63 and 54 respectively, who had a family of six children, were shot dead in their home.
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