The body of Catholic murder victim Kevin McDaid has come home on a night of high emotion in Coleraine.

As his coffin was returned to the family home in the Heights estate, loyalists were beginning a controversial band parade through the town.

The sound of the parade could clearly be heard as Mr McDaid’s sons carried his coffin into their home.

Police mounted a low-key operation in the town centre as the Pride of the Bann parade passed off without incident. Meanwhile, Assistant Chief Constable Judith Gillespie has defended the actions of her officers in the hours leading up to the murder after the McDaid family said they would be making a complaint to the Police Ombudsman.

She said: “I can reassure you that on May 24 my neighbourhood officers worked tirelessly to ease tensions in Coleraine ahead of a Scottish Premier League football match.

“Following the attack, officers were quickly on the scene.”