Man arrested in connection with 1982 murder released pending report to PPS

A 54-year-old man arrested by detectives investigating the 1982 murder of James Gibson was last night released pending a report to the PPS.

Mr Gibson, who has been in the Ulster Defense Regiment, was shot dead by the IRA while driving a school bus in Coalisland.

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He had stopped at a crossroads when he was shot and later died in hospital.

Gibson, a widower with seven children, had resigned from the UDR in 1980.

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