Reward to find killer of census worker

The husband of a census worker who was shot dead while collecting forms has put up a £20,000 reward for help to catch her killer.

Mother of one Joanne Mathers, 29, was gunned down on a doorstep 31 years ago in one of the most shocking murders of the Northern Ireland Troubles.

She was attacked by a masked IRA gunman in the Gobnascale area of Londonderry on April 7, 1981, as she was helping a householder complete a census form. At the time, republican terrorists had been targeting census workers in a bid to disrupt the survey.

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