A police officer tried to revive Mr McDaid at the scene
The chief constable has asked the Police Ombudsman to investigate claims that his officers stood by and did not intervene as Kevin McDaid was attacked.
The Catholic father-of-four was beaten to death by a gang of men near his home in Coleraine on Sunday after Rangers won the Scottish league title.
Mr Fleming was attacked after trouble flared in the Heights area of Coleraine A 34-year-old man has been charged with the attempted murder of Damian Fleming in Coleraine.
A key witness in the sectarian murder of a Catholic youth worker in Northern Ireland has been told his life is under threat from loyalists. Peter Neil, who witnessed the loyalist "invasion" of The Heights area of Coleraine almost a fortnight ago.
Mr Finlay said there was no evidence to point towards UDA involvement There is "no suggestion" the murder of Kevin McDaid in Coleraine on Sunday was orchestrated by the UDA.
Nine men have been arrested after a Catholic man was kicked to death by a sectarian mob in Northern Ireland. The suspects were detained in Coleraine, Co Londonderry, as part of the hunt for the killers of Kevin McDaid.
Kevin McDaid, 49, a community worker dedicated to bringing both sides in his hometown of Coleraine, Co Londonderry, together was "brutally beaten" by a 40-strong group following Celtic and Rangers matches which decided the Scottish Premier League.
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