Relatives of people killed by the UVF have called for a banner glorifying killer Wesley Somerville to be taken down.

They spoke out after loyalists put up the banner and other loyalist material in Moygashel, near Dungannon, on Tuesday evening.

Somerville was killed along with fellow loyalist Harris Boyle as they placed a bomb on a minibus carrying the Miami Showband near Banbridge in Co Down on July 31, 1975.

The bus had earlier been stopped at a bogus UDR checkpoint.

After the explosion a UVF gang - some of them also UDR members - opened fire on the band, killing lead singer Fran O'Toole, guitarist Tony Geraghty and trumpeter Brian McCoy and wounding two others.

The picture of Somerville was hung from a lamppost in Moygashel alongside a separate banner glorifying the UVF.

In recent years relatives have complained about the erection of the banners.

Local SDLP councillor Denise Mullen has said the erection of the poster is hurtful to her family.

Her father Denis Mullen (36) was killed by the Glenanne Gang at his home near Moy, Co Tyrone, in September 1975.

In the past she has urged planning authorities at Mid Ulster District Council to intervene.

In a letter planners told Ms Mullen that while the posters represent a breach of planning control “it is not considered expedient to pursue this case”.

“We have gone through planning, we have gone to the PSNI and they don’t want to know,” she said.

“Who is going to take a stand here on this poster?”

Somerville is suspected of being part of a gang that shot Patrick Falls (45) at a pub at Aughamullan, near Coalisland, in November 1974.

His sons Brian and Aidan Falls said: “Once again we are subjected to this hate crime - banners glorifying mass murderers being put up in broad daylight in Moygashel main street with the use of a JCB front loader."