pornographic video. Templeton co-operated with the authorities and acknowledged that he had purchased the video quite legally from a high street chain store while he was on holiday in Amsterdam. After investigation, including a search of his church manse, the Royal Ulster Constabulary determined to take no further action. A customs official subsequently approached the Sunday Life newspaper and received payment for detailing the incident and revealing Templeton's identity. Following exposure by the press, he stood down as minister of his congregation, having been told by congregational leaders that his position was untenable. Left without a home, he moved into a rented council house in the Ballyduff estate while exploring alternative career opportunities. Allegations of police collusion In 2002, David Templeton's murder was re-examined using the latest forensic science techniques, but this did not lead to any arrests. In 2004, Johnston Brown, a retired detective sergeant, claimed that the RUC covered up murders by Mark Haddock, a UVF commander and RUC informer. Templeton identified Haddock in hospital as his assailant. In January 2007, the Police Ombudsman issued a report implicating several special branch officers in failing to act on evidence that linked an informer to at least ten murders, but contrary to earlier press speculation the murder of David Templeton was not one of those mentioned, although it did state that further cases are being investigated. To date, no-one has ever been arrested in relation to the murder of David Templeton. References CAIN Sunday Life Times Online 1954 births 1997 deaths Presbyterian ministers from Northern Ireland Murder victims from Northern Ireland Alumni of Ulster University Alumni of Queen's University Belfast Alumni of the Open University People murdered in Northern Ireland People from Larne Kidney transplant recipients 1997 murders in the United Kingdom Paramilitary punishment attacks in Northern Ireland Violence against gay men Violence against LGBT people in the United Kingdom Violence against men in the United Kingdom