Man suspected of murdering Tory MP Airey Neave 40 years ago found living a life of luxury in Spain as ex-Paras face Bloody Sunday trial decision
Harry Flynn, 65, now runs a pub in Santa Ponsa Majorca that's littered with pro INLA slogans, IRA references and enforces a 'ban on English customers'
A MAN suspected of murdering Tory MP Airey Neave 40 years ago has been tracked down by The Sun.
Harry Flynn, 65, is living a life of luxury in Majorca where he runs a Celtic-themed pub.
But as he continues to evade justice, Northern Ireland prosecutors will today announce whether 17 former Paras will face charges over the Bloody Sunday massacre in 1972.
Convicted gun runner Flynn was named in court in the 1980s as Chief of Staff for the Irish National Liberation Army.
The INLA killed Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary Neave, 63, in a car bombing as he left the House of Commons car park in March 1979. Police suspected Flynn of being directly involved in the plot.
Flynn now runs the Celts Well pub in Santa Ponsa. It is littered with pro INLA slogans, IRA references, republican propaganda and Irish flags — and bans England shirts.
'NO ENGLISH ALLOWED'
Another bar owner, who did not want to be named for fear of reprisal, said: “We know he is bad, but we do not get involved or approach him. I’ve butted heads with him a few times.
“He only allows Irish, Scottish or Welsh in there, no English, no other nation, unless you’re a friend of his.”
Last week, the bar was quiet as it is out of season, but Flynn and his pals were enjoying themselves inside with the doors closed. When approached by The Sun and asked if he had any regrets over Mr Neave, Flynn refused to comment. Flynn was in the INLA from 1975 when it was set up as a rival to the IRA. The same year he was charged with stealing £3,500 in an armed bank robbery in Belfast.
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Incredibly, he managed to escape from the court but was rearrested and sent to the Maze Prison where he tunnelled his way out in 1976.
Five years later, he was caught again after rioting in Dublin and was jailed for 18 months.
He was sentenced to five years in France in 1986 for illegally importing £70,000 of weapons. Britain tried to extradite him in 1987 but failed as his crime was deemed “political”.
He is believed to have been living in Santa Ponsa since around 1998.
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