A man who resided at Kincora Boys' Home in east Belfast during the 1970s has received a six-figure sum in an out-of-court settlement. His claim targeted the Police Service of Northern Ireland, the Home Office and the Department of Health over physical and sexual abuse he suffered as a teenager at the facility on Newtownards Road.

The settlement occurred at the High Court without any party admitting liability. Claire McKeegan of Phoenix Law, the man's solicitor, confirmed the payout amount. The man lived at the home for two years in that decade.

Abuse at Kincora affected at least 29 boys from the 1950s to the 1980s. Housemaster William McGrath abused boys there as part of a paedophile ring. McGrath received a prison sentence in 1981 for those acts.

McGrath held a senior role in the loyalist group Tara. The man's lawyers alleged the Royal Ulster Constabulary failed to investigate or stop the abuse, increasing risks to residents. Claims included negligence, misfeasance in public office, breach of statutory duty, assault and battery.

McKeegan stated the abuse caused lifelong trauma for her client and his family. She described the abuse of teenagers at Kincora as systemic and state-sponsored, with suppression to shield those in authority. McGrath died in the 1990s. The home's building was demolished in 2022.