A 67-year-old south Armagh man has been found not guilty of the murder of Newry postal worker Frank Kerr during a 1994 IRA robbery of the city’s postal sorting office.
The diplock non-jury murder trial of James Seamus Fox of Carewamean Road in Jonesborough began in January 2024. He also faced charges relating to the robbery of £131,000; belonging to a proscribed organisation and possession of firearms.
At the time of 54-year-old Mr Kerr’s death the IRA was on ceasefire.
The charges arose in 2019 when police re-examined items connected with the killing, which the prosecution said highlighted DNA connections to Mr Fox.
