The dad of a Newcastle United fan who died when the plane he was travelling on was shot down over Ukraine said it was "emotional" hearing that his son was murdered - but that "it won't change much".
Barry Sweeney's son Liam, 28, was travelling to New Zealand with fellow supporter John Alder, 63, to watch the Magpies in a pre-season friendly. The pair were killed alongside 296 others who were on board Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 when it was attacked while travelling from Amsterdam to Malaysia on July 17, 2014.
Four defendants went on trial at The Hague in the Netherlands in March 2020 charged with multiple counts of murder. During the trial, which lasted more than two-and-a-half years, none of the suspects attended court to answer the charges.
