Wife of murdered prison officer appeals for no retaliation

on 01/11/2012 19:15:41

In the North, the wife of murdered prison officer David Black is appealing for no retaliation.

In a statement, Yvonne Black said that sadness and grief in another home would achieve nothing.

The 52-year-old father of two from Cookstown in Co. Tyrone - was just weeks away from retirement - when he was shot dead on the M1 near Lurgan in Co Armagh this morning.

The Taoiseach Enda Kenny said that the incident is 'deeply disturbing' and displays the killer's 'scant regard for human life'.

While the Justice Minister Alan Shatter said that he utterly condemns the brutal and barbaric killing: