A forensic identification specialist has been called in to help detectives find the killers of a Protestant businessman in Northern Ireland who died more than 10 years ago.
Shoes seized in searches of four houses in a predominantly nationalist estate in Lurgan, Co Armagh, today are to be examined by the expert in foot morphology, an RUC spokesman said.
He also rejected Sinn Féin claims that police fired plastic bullets during searches today in the Kilwilke estate but confirmed there were disturbances and two men were arrested.
Sinn Féin MLA for Upper Bann Dr Dara O'Hagan claimed the searches were "heavy handed".
Mr Roy Metcalfe (40) was shot in front of his wife and teenage daughter after three masked gunmen broke into the family's home at Magheralin, near Lurgan in October l989.
The IRA claimed Mr Metcalfe, the owner of an army surplus store which also sold loyalist regalia, was linked to the paramilitary Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) - an allegation denied by the dead man's family.
Boots recovered at the time have been forensically linked to the shooting and the footwear found today will also undergo DNA tests as well as examination for structure and shape.
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