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[11] Each geographical area was commanded by a UDA 'Brigadier' and sometimes also had a designated 'Military Commander', 'Intelligence Officer' and 'Quartermaster'. To the rest of us, an attack on a UDA brigadier is an attack on the whole organisation. Much of this activity was inspired by Gregg's personal hatred of Catholics. He told author Ian S. Wood that he had only supported the Combined Loyalist Military Command ceasefire in an effort to ensure the release of imprisoned friends. Killing Rage The life and death of Eamon Collins. The secretive mobster has seen his one-time iron-clad grip on the UDA crime gang loosen in recent months, leaving him Brigadier in name only. And now it's emerged the UVF heavy has also given a separate list of UDA-linked dealers to the cops. Despite his reputation for gangsterism, Gregg's failed attack on Gerry Adams had afforded him legendary status and, under the direction of Jackie McDonald, the remaining UDA brigadiers concluded that Adair had to be removed. "He was lucky to be let out alive, he knows it, but he's the exception rather than the rule.". [14] Throughout 1999 his brigade continued to be active, undertaking a pipe bomb campaign against Catholic homes whilst on 12 May members of his brigade shot and wounded a Catholic builder in Carrickfergus under the cover name "Protestant Liberation Force". A DEPOSED UVF boss is suspected of stealing more than 250,000 from the terror gang over the past five years. Snoddy died from the illness in September 1988 and English immediately succeeded him. Snoddy was close to UDA leader Andy Tyrie and was recognised as one of his closest allies amongst the UDA leadership.[7]. 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In 2000 he helped to ensure that a proposal before the Inner Council to initiate the decommissioning of weapons was rejected. @caolan-mclaughlin-844507501 this is a UDA song ya muppet why u put f the uvf know yer history kid. Here, reporter Jennifer O'Leary writes about how the group continues strike fear into communities. The deal was discussed at a February meeting in London at the home of the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby. match. John Gregg. They have also asked for an end to historic prosecutions for UVF killings that took place before 2010. [51], On 13 March 2017 Geordie Gilmore, formerly a commander in the brigade until being stood down in 2016 following a dispute over drug money,[52] was shot in the neck in Carrickfergus. Gregg and his team were apprehended almost immediately by a British Army patrol that opened fire on them before ramming their car. 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[28] Soon after two pipe bombs were thrown at Gregg's house, and his friend Tommy Kirkham's house was shot at. This came within a few days of a 1m allocation to a conflict transformation project in loyalist areas. Much of this activity was inspired by Greggs personal hatred of Catholics. Members of this brigade were believed to be behind the killings of Catholic postman Danny McColgan, Protestant teenager Gavin Brett and Trevor Lowry (the latter kicked to death in the mistaken belief he was a Catholic), and a spate of pipe bomb attacks on the homes of Catholics. Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. And some of them think the UVF tout should be made to pay with his life but were told they couldn't by already under-fire SEA leader Fisher. [3] A mural in support of the group lists its areas of activity as being Rathcoole (the mural's location), Rathfern, Monkstown, Glengormley and Whitewell, all of which are part of Newtownabbey, as well as Carrickfergus, the Shore Road, Greenisland, Ballymena, Whitehead, Antrim and Larne. Tu-Su 09:00-17:00, closed M. Located just inside the main entrance of Taipei City Hall, this is a good place to know the history and culture of Taipei City. [43] The decommissioning was completed at the same time as that of the republican Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) and Official Irish Republican Army (OIRA). In May of that same year, Alan McCullough was himself killed by the UDA. From the 1990s until he was shot dead in 2003 by rival associates, Gregg served as brigadier of the UDA's South East Antrim Brigade. Senior members of South East Antrim UDA want to take out . As head of a cash-rich organised crime gang, Fisher has amassed a considerable personal wealth, but even as brigadier his hands are tied when it comes to walking away. BUSINESS UDA signs strategic cooperation with Mara Inc to expand facilities management business " data-media=""> 21/02/2023 09:14 PM KUALA LUMPUR, [30] A bomb attack on Adair's house on 8 January 2003 was blamed on Gregg by White, although Adair himself was returned to prison two days later after a dossier detailing his drug-dealing and racketeering activities was shown to Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Paul Murphy. November 22 2014 04:33 PM. [54] Two men were subsequently charged with the murder. In late August, Adair had even managed to have Gregg stood down as Brigadier for not being militant enough and replaced by one of Adairs own associates. Martin Quinn says the family has been threatened by the South East Antrim UDA for speaking out, Security sources say the South East Antrim UDA has over 2,000 members, Police intelligence says the South East Antrim UDA is involved in the supply of drugs, Rev Philip McAlister officiated at the funeral of Geordie Gilmore, a BBC Spotlight programme on the murder of Glenn Quinn. [55] Gilmore had been targeted in an unsuccessful crossbow attack the previous August. UDA feud erupts. [18] English would soon re-emerge as part of the Ulster Democratic Party. When the loyalist arrived he was surrounded by four masked UVF members who beat him with baseball bats, breaking several bones. Ann Ogilbys brutal murder: Forgotten victims of the Troubles, Kriss Donald The Brutal Racist Killing of an Innocent Schoolboy. Soon after two pipe bombs were thrown at Greggs house, and his friend Tommy Kirkhams house was shot at. The South East Antrim UDA's tally of violence spanning two decades includes a roll call of unsolved murders. Intense police pressure is forcing South East Antrim UDA mob boss Gary Fisher to gradually withdraw from his leadership role. . "He's already under enough heat from the cops. [62], On 8 May 2020 a number of journalists working for the Sunday Life and Sunday World newspapers were warned by the PSNI about imminent attacks against journalists by the South East Antrim UDA. Similarly, South East Antrim UDA which broke away from the Inner Council in 2007, is wholly independent of any other UDA faction. [69] The decommissioning was completed five weeks before a government amnesty deadline beyond which any weapons found could have been used as evidence for a prosecution. There is a belief in the organisation that the Task Force is building a case against Fisher and senior figures in SEA are content to leave him in place. A failure by the paramilitary group's south-east Antrim faction to back the move resulted in a . 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[1] Gregg was also characterised as "a bully, a racketeer, and a sectarian bigot who took particular delight in carrying out vicious punishment attacks and randomly targeting Roman Catholics. "He'll take the hit, he's like a deer in the headlights, there's nowhere for him to go. The juxtaposition of this initiative with the name of Gregg was condemned by the mother of a Catholic who had been killed by members of the South-East Antrim Brigade in 2000 as she argued: its sickening to call it the Gregg initiative when he was a ruthless terrorist.Everyone goes on about Johnny Adair but theyre all as bad as each other. UDA members turned out in force yesterday for the funeral of Mr Robert Carson, who was gunned down alongside the east Antrim UDA "brigadier", Mr John Gregg, in Belfast's docks area at the weekend. Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. Will the Windsor Framework be enough for the DUP? Spotlight's Gangland: The Murder of Glenn Quinn can be viewed on the BBC iPlayer. Protestant Trevor Lowry (aged 49) was beaten to death in Glengormley by UDA members under Greggs command on 11 April 2001 after he was mistaken for a Catholic. [14] Later in the year, English was forced to confront Adair about rumours that Adair was considering attending an Inner Council meeting armed in order to eliminate the other five brigadiers and assume sole control of the UDA. Security sources say that with more than 2,000 members, the South East Antrim UDA is one of Northern Ireland's largest paramilitary gangs. The veteran loyalist, who was 'brigadier' of its South East Antrim unit, was kicked out of the organisation last week. "Over the last 12 months the paramilitary cops (Paramilitary Crime Task Force) have been hitting the South East Antrim over and over again," said a source. His own earliest memory of the Troubles was the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association marches in Derry, a movement to which Gregg and his family were strongly opposed. . Nonetheless he was not keen to antagonise Adair and so, along with McFarland, McDonald and Jimbo Simpson, accepted his invitation to attended a Loyalist Day of Culture organised by Adair on the Lower Shankill on 19 August 2000. Under Gregg, the South East Antrim Brigade was linked to the killing of UVF member Mark Quail during Adair's feud with the UVF in 2000[25][26] although according to the BBC the killing was not directly connected to Adair's issues with the UVF but rather stemmed from a pub dispute in north Belfast between members of the two paramilitary groups. Posted 2 years ago 2 years ago. In 1984, Gregg seriously wounded Sinn Fin president Gerry Adams in an assassination attempt. The shootings raised some anger on the Shankill, where the three were well-liked figures, and Adair sought to exploit this as a method of getting rid of Gregg. DCI John Caldwell: The New IRA threat after Omagh shooting, The Firm: Inside Lurgan and Portadowns cross-community crime gang. 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However, in the second half of 2002 he was dragged into the conflict after Adair made him a target in his own attempts to take full control of the UDA. UDA Brigadier for South East Antrim, Gregg - who became a loyalist icon when he shot Sinn Fin chief Gerry Adams - was gunned down in Belfast's docklands area nearly 20 years ago. The violence that erupted in the East Antrim town of Carrickfergus on Saturday night 21 July was the latest episode in internecine UDA feuding. [84] In 1984, Gregg seriously wounded Sinn Fin president Gerry Adams in an assassination attempt. Four men were convicted of his murder. In November 2011, Stuart Gregg received 400,000 compensation for psychological trauma due to having witnessed his fathers murder. 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He is currently recovering at his mother's home in the Rathcoole estate after last week's beating. [1], On 14 March 1984, he severely wounded Sinn Fin president Gerry Adams in an attack supposedly ordered as a response to the earlier killings of Ulster Unionist Party politicians Robert Bradford and Edgar Graham. In the later 1980s Snoddy took ill with cancer and many of his duties as brigadier were filled by his ally Joe English. [73] . [3] He spent six months in jail for rioting in 1977. It was formed in September 1971 and undertook a campaign of almost twenty-four years during "The Troubles". T he breakaway South East Antrim has issued a warning that it will get tough with Carrick dealers . The UDA member claimed the paramilitary group was heavily involved in serious crime in the south east Antrim area . [34], Gregg was given a paramilitary funeral which was attended by thousands of mourners, including senior UDA members Jackie McDonald, Jim Gray, Sammy Duddy and Michael Stone. But South East Antrim UDA boss Gary Fisher refused to sanction an attack on the UVF man, further weakening his standing with rank-and-file members within his own terror group. [4], Gregg and his team were apprehended almost immediately by a British Army patrol that opened fire on them before ramming their car. The council released a statement expelling two figures within it, believed to be senior UDA figures Fisher and Kirkham, once a member of the Ulster Political Research Group (UPRG), although they were not named. [1][2] It is claimed they control "100%" of an illegal drugs network in south-east Antrim, Northern Ireland. John Gregg (1957 1 February 2003) was a senior member of the UDA/UFF loyalist paramilitary organisation in Northern Ireland. Golden Brown The Stranglers: Iconic Songs & the story behind them. As a result of the attack, three Woodvale UDA members went to Gregg and complained about the attack. [3] He later became part of the UDA South East Antrim Brigade. Under Gregg, drug-dealing became a major problem in brigade areas, particularly Rathcoole, with Gregg himself said to have a leading role in the illicit trade. From the 1990s until his shooting death in 2003 by rival associates, Gregg served as brigadier of the UDA's South East Antrim Brigade. [35] Afterward, a lone piper led the cortege to Carnmoney Cemetery where he was buried. [17] Protestant Trevor Lowry (aged 49) was beaten to death in Glengormley by UDA members under Gregg's command on 11 April 2001 after he was mistaken for a Catholic. FEARS of a new loyalist feud have emerged after a fanatical UDA faction accused a UVF chief of touting to cops. Wikizero - Ulster Volunteer Force . Gregg played the bass drum in the UDA-affiliated flute band Cloughfern Young Conquerors, a loyalist flute band which police claimed regularly caused trouble at Orange Order parades. Charlie Strain, Hugh Cameron, Tommy Hollran and Mark Gourley, who is missing presumed murdered. South East Antrim Brigade mural in Ballymena honouring Gregg. Masked gunmen immediately opened fire on the occupants with automatic weapons. [13] The two clashed frequently and, in 1993, Adair even threatened to kill English after English had suggested that the UDA should not claim the murder of Marie Teresa Dowds de Mogollon, which Adair's top hitman Stephen McKeag had perpetrated. [39] A new interim leadership was appointed in their stead although the brigade effectively divided between those who supported the wider UDA leadership and those who remained loyal to Fisher. pockets of the town remain on edge since the murder of a local man, Glenn Quinn, by the South East Antrim UDA. Sources in Carrickfergus say that while he retains the . He was interviewed on the basis of anonymity. The UVF man who is accused of touting - who we can't identify for legal reasons - went around the Rathcoole estate and other loyalist areas close by demanding cash payments from alleged drug dealers recently. [27], However, in late 2002 a UDA member originally from the Woodvale Road who had moved to Rathcoole was attacked after it emerged that he was a friend of Joe English, the former brigadier who had since been exiled from the area by Gregg for his anti-drugs stance. [31] Carson was described by UDA sources as a "dear friend" of Gregg's and a junior member of the South-East Antrim Brigade. Police confirmed that they were treating it as part of the existing feud. Former PSNI superintendent Ken Pennington said he considers them to be "a criminal cartel that have wrapped themselves in a flag". Gregg was the most senior UDA member killed since South Belfast brigadier John McMichael was blown up by the IRA in 1987. [63], The threats were condemned by Peter Vandermeersch of Independent News & Media and Seamus Dooley, assistant General Secretary of the National Union of Journalists, and by Amnesty International UK. Gregg was the most senior UDA member killed since South Belfast brigadier John McMichael was blown up by the IRA in 1987. [11] In late August 1997 this band was one of a number of similar flute bands to travel to Derry for the annual Apprentice Boys of Derry march through the city centre. [25], By September 2002, Adair had even circulated stories to contacts in the media that Gregg was under death threat from the UDA. [27] On 8 December a bomb was found under Gregg's car, apparently placed there by one of Adair's allies from the Loyalist Volunteer Force. These were carried out under the Red Hand Defenders cover name, with some attacks also blamed on the Orange Volunteers who were active in similar attacks at the time. Adams was hit five times in the attack but the taxi rushed to the Royal Victoria Hospital where he received treatment and survived. [23] Trevor Lowry (aged 49) was beaten to death in Glengormley by UDA members under Gregg's command on 11 April 2001 after he was mistaken for a Catholic. John Gregg (UDA) The man who shot Gerry Adam? [22], Gregg initially remained aloof from the struggle and instead concentrated on his anti-Catholic campaign. [66], In July 2021, Doug Beattie, the leader of the Ulster Unionist Party, told the BBC that the South East Antrim UDA had threatened to kill him twice. "Drugs is the big one. The UDA was only proscribed - or declared illegal - in 1992 and, as the Troubles ended, the group began to fracture. Many of them were innocent - but had to pay up anyway. A large portion of the cash was taken from a UVF-controlled taxi firm in which he holds a silent 25 per cent share. A UDA/UFF South-East Antrim Brigade mural in Newtownabbey On 6 January 2010, the UDA announced that it had put its weapons "verifiably beyond use". On 8 December a bomb was found under Greggs car, apparently placed there by one of Adairs allies from the Loyalist Volunteer Force. [33] This was followed by two pipe bombs being thrown at Gregg's house and shots being fired at that of his friend Tommy Kirkham. [31], On 1 February 2003, along with another UDA member, Robert "Rab" Carson, Gregg was shot dead on Nelson Street, in the old Sailortown district near the Belfast docks, while travelling in a taxi after returning from Glasgow where he regularly went to Rangers F.C. Convicted gunrunner Thomas Morgan, a one-time member of the UDA, has muscled in on the town's drug scene. FEARS of a new loyalist feud have emerged after a fanatical UDA faction accused a UVF chief of touting to cops. 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