A grocery store in Northern Ireland has confirmed that it has “stopped” hiring one of its employees in connection with a video mocking the death of Michaela McArievy.
Enny’s convenience stores – which run seven Spar stores – confirmed in a Facebook post that they had learned about the employee’s involvement in the video.
They said he was being treated “most seriously” and the worker was fired “with immediate effect”.
They also apologized to Ms. McArievy’s family.
“We acknowledge that the conduct was committed in a private capacity beyond the company’s control, but we take this issue with the utmost seriousness,” they wrote.
“As a business, we do not tolerate or approve of offensive or disrespectful behavior on the part of our staff.
“We have informed the staff member that their employment has been terminated immediately.
“We apologize unreservedly for the pain it has caused the McArievy / Hart families, our staff, our clients and the communities we have served for the past 29 years.”
The former employee is believed to be the second person fired for the video after Co Londonderry fired a man earlier this week.
The video, which is believed to have been shot at Orange Hall during the Northern Ireland Centennial celebrations last month, shows several men singing a song about the 27-year-old Tyrone teacher.
Ms McArievy was strangled in her room at the Legends Hotel in Mauritius on 10 January 2011.
The bride, who married her husband John 10 days earlier, was attacked after she returned to her room alone and prevented a burglary.
No one has been convicted of killing the daughter of Gallic football manager Mickey Harte.
The appearance of the video on social media last week led to widespread condemnation on the political spectrum.
The Orange Order, which described it as “disgusting”, has also launched its own investigation into the incident.
On Monday, Justice Minister Naomi Long confirmed that she had been in contact with PSNI chief police officer Simon Byrne about the incident, and it is understood that three people who appeared in the video have resigned from the Order of the Orange.
They expressed their “complete shame and regret for their involvement in the incident”.
They insisted that there was no intention to broadcast the chanting on social media and it was “accidentally transmitted” on Facebook Live.
A man was interviewed by police investigating the controversial video after voluntarily visiting Dungannon PSNI station on Sunday.
Ms Long also said she understood that “at least” one file would be sent to the prosecutor’s office (PPS) on video.
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