Miami Showband massacre: UK government accused of ‘lies’ after £1.5m payout

Survivor of 1975 Northern Ireland attack says he agreed to settle because of plan to halt Troubles prosecutions

A survivor of the Miami Showband massacre during the Troubles in Northern Ireland has hit out against the lies" of the British government as he and other victims of the atrocity agreed to 1.5m in damages over suspected state collusion with loyalist terrorists.

Three members of the Miami Showband were killed by loyalists in a bomb and gun attack when their bus was stopped near Newry in 1975 as they travelled back to Dublin from a gig.