UDA drug dealer feared he’d be ‘the next Alan McCullough’

DRUG dealer David Jenkins claims UDA ‘C’ Coy bosses tried to lure him back to Shankill last week just days after being told the terror gang planned to murder him. The 41-year-old refused, telling the Sunday World: “I won’t be the next Alan McCollough.”Jenkins, a cocaine kingpin who claims to have made the gang millionsContinue reading “UDA drug dealer feared he’d be ‘the next Alan McCullough’”

Groomed by the UVF

ARMED with a flick bat and wearing a balaclava, 16 year-old Martin Smyth knew what he was about to do was very, very wrong. Along with three other teenagers, he was under UVF orders to “put out” a foreign national family who had just moved to Belfast. “The senior (UVF) ones said they were involvedContinue reading “Groomed by the UVF”

‘I want to clear my father’s name. In my eyes he was murdered in the street in cold blood…it’s time for the truth’

IT’S been just over 47 years since west Belfast man Stan Carberry last saw his father. “I can remember it well,” the 55 year-old recalled. “I was eight years-old at the time and myself and my brother and sisters were all getting ready for school, the six of us running around, and he was trying to get usContinue reading “‘I want to clear my father’s name. In my eyes he was murdered in the street in cold blood…it’s time for the truth’”

‘I knew Stephen was struggling but he’d so much to live for. We will be a voice for those suffering’

THE best friend of late radio star Stephen Clements has vowed to use his memory to help those struggling with mental health issues.   Larry Goodey, the BBC presenter’s close pal of 30 years, said he hoped Stephen’s legacy would be giving a voice to those who “feel they have nowhere to go”. In a powerfulContinue reading “‘I knew Stephen was struggling but he’d so much to live for. We will be a voice for those suffering’”

Masked UVF thugs stormed Ian Ogle’s place of work a year before murder

MURDERED loyalist Ian Ogle predicted his own death after masked UVF thugs stormed his place of work a year before he was butchered in the street. The east Belfast thugs followed the dad-of-two (45) to his window fitting job, smashed up a car he was travelling in before ordering colleagues to force the father outContinue reading “Masked UVF thugs stormed Ian Ogle’s place of work a year before murder”

‘The British government has dragged us through the mud for 45 years – now there’s proof one of their officers was involved in the massacre’ – Des Lee

A survivor of the Miami Showband massacre has called the existence of army documents naming an undercover solider at the scene as “the final nail in the coffin”. Des Lee, who miraculously survived the 1975 atrocity, said the Ministry of Defence (MoD) papers calling out Captain Robert Nairac and his alleged role in the UVFContinue reading “‘The British government has dragged us through the mud for 45 years – now there’s proof one of their officers was involved in the massacre’ – Des Lee”

‘I believe IRA man sent to murder me is being protected by security services’, says former British Agent

POLICE investigating the attempted murder of British agent Martin McGartland have failed to arrest or question a man identified as a suspect more than 10 years ago. The shocking revelation was made by cops reviewing the original police probe into the 1999 shooting which left the IRA infiltrator fighting for his life.The top secret review,Continue reading “‘I believe IRA man sent to murder me is being protected by security services’, says former British Agent”

DUP politician’s leaked complaint to party officers over first openly gay candidate

A POLITICIAN who formally complained to party officers over the selection of the DUP’s first openly gay candidate told them that Dr Ian Paisley would be “turning in his grave”. Councillor John Finlay, who was re-elected to Causeway Coast and Glens Council, also stated “some soul searching is now required” by those within the partyContinue reading “DUP politician’s leaked complaint to party officers over first openly gay candidate”

‘Forty years after they murdered him, Daddy is finally at rest’

THE daughter of a SDLP activist murdered by a loyalist gang 40 years ago has told of the heartbreaking decision to exhume her father’s remains. Denise Mullen said she was left with “no choice” but to move dad Denis’ body from a plot in Co Tyrone after years of pain stopped both her and herContinue reading “‘Forty years after they murdered him, Daddy is finally at rest’”

‘Suspended’ DUP man pictured at party fundraiser months after sex assault conviction

HERE is shamed sex assault councillor Ian Stevenson attending a DUP fundraiser in his Co Antrim hometown last week. The disgraced Causeway Coast and Glens Borough representative (49) sat amongst party members and politicians at the Ballymoney table quiz despite his suspension from the party. The former mayor, found guilty of groping a nursing colleague,Continue reading “‘Suspended’ DUP man pictured at party fundraiser months after sex assault conviction”