Man arrested over murder of former senior IRA member

Gerard 'Jock' Davison was a senior figure in the IRA

Detectives investigating the murder of former senior IRA figure Gerard ‘Jock’ Davison have arrested a 41-year-old man in Belfast.

Mr Davison was shot a number of times close to the community centre where he worked in Welsh Street in the Markets area of the city yesterday.
Mr Davison was questioned by police and later released without charge following the murder of Robert McCartney outside Magennis' Bar in Belfast city centre in January 2005.
The father-of-three who was also a grandfather had been making his way to work when he was shot.
As the IRA officer commanding in Belfast, Mr Davison was one of the most well-known republican figures in the city.