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[46], In March 2014 the South East Antrim Brigade was widely reported as being behind a "rampage" in which up to 100 people, some of them wearing masks, attacked a number of residential properties in Larne. In 2019, Colin Horner was gunned down in front of his young son. Carrickfergus is a town that once inspired a classic Irish folk song about longing. Adams was hit five times in the attack but the taxi rushed to the Royal Victoria Hospital where he received treatment and survived. 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.. John Gregg (1957 1 February 2003) was a senior member of the UDA/UFF loyalist paramilitary organisation in Northern Ireland. [20], Although the UDA was officially on ceasefire, the South East Antrim Brigade remained active in late 1998 and early 1999, undertaking a series of pipe bomb attacks on Catholic properties. [4] The attack had been known in advance by security forces due to a tip-off from informants within Rathcoole; Adams and his co-passengers had survived in part because Royal Ulster Constabulary officers, acting on the informants information, had replaced much of the ammunition in the UDAs Rathcoole weapons dump with low-velocity bullets. The secretive mobster looks gaunt and has been described as 'haunted', Fisher is losing his grip on the crime gang. A rebel UDA unit is re-arming in a grim warning to rival drug dealers. "These people are completely ruthless, I believe that it would put my life in danger," he said. [22], Gregg initially remained aloof from the struggle and instead concentrated on his anti-Catholic campaign. "He'll take the hit, he's like a deer in the headlights, there's nowhere for him to go. [56] Two men from the Newtownards area were arrested in connection with the killing. [7] Sometime after the Combined Loyalist Military Command of 1994 he succeeded Joe English, who had emerged as a leading figure in the Ulster Democratic Party, as so-called brigadier of the South-East Antrim UDA. It used the name Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF) to claim responsibility for attacks and, because the two claimed to be separate organisations, the UDA was able to . [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. Widely known as a man with a fearsome . It is claimed they control "100%" of an illegal drugs network in south-east Antrim, Northern Ireland. Read about our approach to external linking. "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. When the taxi stopped at traffic lights close to the motorway, it was rammed by another taxi which had been hijacked earlier on the Shankill Road. A UDA member originally from the Woodvale Road had moved to Rathcoole where he had been beaten up after it emerged that he was a friend of Joe English, the former brigadier who had been exiled from the estate by Gregg for his anti-drugs stance. Tommy Lyttle inherited 'Bertie Scott' from a man called Alan Snoddy, the UDA commander or Brigadier in South-East Antrim, a figure who kept a very low public profile. He was aware that (another UDA Brigadier) had arranged a trip to London for us to speak to people in England, where we would attempt to reorganise and motivate units in . New IRA powerbase just 20 miles away so why didnt intelligence flag possible attack? Masked gunmen immediately opened fire on the occupants with automatic weapons. He was in attendance along with ex-Labour NI Secretary of State Peter Mandelson and former MI6 operatives. "Several UDA men told their bosses they wanted him shot dead while others wanted his knees done but they've been ordered by Fisher to leave him alone, for now. This followed in summer 2002 when a community centre was taken over for this purpose although Greggs UDA objected and daubed the building with the word tout. In late 2001, Greggs reign of terror in Rathcoole, where drug dealing, knee-capping and savage beatings were the norm, was challenged by local British Labour Party Councillor Mark Langhammer, who also objected to Greggs close links to neo-Nazi groups in Great Britain. The violence that erupted in the East Antrim town of Carrickfergus on Saturday night 21 July was the latest episode in internecine UDA feuding. November 22 2014 04:33 PM. Three men were acquitted of his murder. [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. Such was the ferocity of the attack the victim urinated himself while pleading for his life. "And if they are a defender of anything, it is their own criminal interests.". He is currently recovering at his mother's home in the Rathcoole estate after last week's beating. The violence, on the Castlemara estate in the town, saw up to 150 loyalists confront each other as members of the 'mainstream' UDA flooded the area in a show of strength against the . Fisher associates subjected Simms to a punishment shooting after he was found with his hands in the till. "There was an old joke going round the Rathcoole estate that when (name removed) is on the phone he's either talking to Den Elliott or the peelers," the source added. . The UVF were seen to be trying to exploit the friction within the UDA and even erected new billboards of UVF gunmen and both groups flooded the estate with their own paramilitary flags in the run-up to the Twelfth. Afterwards a lone piper led the cortege to Carnmoney Cemetery where he was buried. His 2IC (second-in-command) was also dismissed after being given a sickening baseball bat beating by other masked UVF members. 2023 BBC. Having witnessed demographic shifts in Glengormley and Crumlin, traditionally loyalist majority towns that had come to have nationalist majorities on account of loyalists moving out of Belfast, he determined that the same thing would not happen in Carrickfergus and Larne and so launched a campaign of pipe bomb and arson attacks on Catholic homes there (despite these towns having very small Catholic populations). It has brought the town under close scrutiny from the Paramilitary Crime Task Force. Catholic workman Gary Moore was killed in Monkstown in 2000 in another killing attributed to Greggs unit. He complained to senior figures in West Belfast before ordering that the three men be kneecapped. When the loyalist arrived he was surrounded by four masked UVF members who beat him with baseball bats, breaking several bones. He sought to portray Gregg as unstable and thuggish and spread a rumour that he was about to be replaced as brigadier. John Gregg (1957 - 1 February 2003) was a senior member of the UDA/UFF loyalist paramilitary organisation in Northern Ireland.In 1984, Gregg seriously wounded Sinn Fin president Gerry Adams in an assassination attempt. That same night Jackie McDonald's men raided the lower Shankill and ran those members of C Company that had remained loyal to Adair, who was still in prison, out of the city. The Ulster Defence Association (UDA) is the largest Ulster loyalist paramilitary and vigilante group in Northern Ireland. One of those was alleged Carrickfergus UDA commander Clifford Irons who was charged with conspiracy to supply cocaine. The ex-UVF leader has been warned to return the money, with a portion also invested in hot food takeaways and some hidden at safe houses in the Rathcoole estate. 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. A volley of shots was fired over his coffin by UDA gunmen outside his Rathcoole home. "[38] The dissident branch was also revealed to have contained an informer after Jon McDowell, Tommy Kirkham's assistant, told the Belfast Telegraph that he was an RUC Special Branch agent in November 2007. [3] He spent six months in jail for rioting in 1977. [38], Gregg was married with one son and two stepdaughters. 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. Masked gunmen immediately opened fire on the occupants with automatic weapons. [36] Adair would be removed from his position of power soon afterwards in a show of strength by the mainstream UDA under the command of Jackie McDonald. He said there were about 2,000 members of the UDA in the south east Antrim . They have a number of supply lines. Stream Rab C - South East Antrim(loyalist) by Mugs1911 on desktop and mobile. "Some families had no involvement in drugs at all but still had to pay to escape being put out, or even worse. A mural commemorating Gregg and Carson in Cloughfern. [11] Each geographical area was commanded by a UDA 'Brigadier' and sometimes also had a designated 'Military Commander', 'Intelligence Officer' and 'Quartermaster'. Rev Philip McAlister officiated at his funeral. Brawls between the two had been frequent and tensions had been growing between the UDA and UVF leading to a drink-fuelled pitched battle between the two groups at the train station. Both men, who lived on Ferris Avenue, had their houses burnt out during the attack. A man described in court as the commander of the UDA in South East Antrim is one of four men charged with conspiring to supply cocaine. . Gregg had been a regular visitor to Ibrox Park for a number of years,[11] often in the company of Michael Stone, and had even picked up a conviction for violence at an Old Firm match. In the later 1980s Snoddy took ill with cancer and many of his duties as brigadier were filled by his ally Joe English. [44] In 2010, the Independent Monitoring Commission confirmed that the split between the Fisher faction of the brigade and the wider UDA had not ended. 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. Gregg's 18-year-old son Stuart and another man were also in the vehicle but neither sustained injuries in the shooting attack. To the rest of us, an attack on a UDA brigadier is an attack on the whole organisation. These psychos were obviously baying for blood Mod blood, to be exact. John Gregg (1957 1 February 2003) was a senior member of the UDA/UFF loyalist paramilitary organisation in Northern Ireland. A lengthy internal investigation into the former 'brigadier' led by convicted UVF bomber and provost marshal Jackie Anderson found that he stole at least 250,000 over the past five years. "It was very tragic, on the day of the funeral, to have a large police presence around the church," he said. Free. His 2IC (second-in-command) was also dismissed after being given a sickening . [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. Senior members of the Ulster Volunteer Force, the Loyalist Volunteer Force and Red Hand Commando also attended. games. [36] In May of that same year, Alan McCullough was himself killed by the UDA. The killing of Mr Horner, gunned down in front of his three-year-old son Oscar in the Bangor carpark of Sainsbury supermarket, was linked at the time to the South East Antrim UDA feud which claimed the life of his friend, Carrickfergus loyalist Geordie Gilmore, two months earlier. . The UDA was only proscribed - or declared illegal - in 1992 and, as the Troubles ended, the group began to fracture. Senior members of South East Antrim UDA want to take out the UVF man who they believe gave up their drug dealers. [3] A mural in support of the group lists its areas of activity as being Rathcoole , Rathfern, Monkstown, Glengormley and Whitewell, all . 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. [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. Tipperary Tim astounding 1928 Grand National winner at 100/1 & a proud resident of Glencairn ! "[1], Following his release from prison, Gregg returned to Rathcoole, where he again became an important figure, taking a central role in the illegal drug trade, with his Rathcoole stronghold a centre of narcotics. Sources describe the UVF man, who has no convictions, as being well known for running off to tell tales to the terror group's Shankill boss Bunter Graham on a regular basis. [15] A senior police source once described him as a man driven by "pure and absolute bigotry". games. Former PSNI superintendent Ken Pennington said he considers them to be "a criminal cartel that have wrapped themselves in a flag". Gregg was jailed for 18 years; however, he only served half his sentence and was released in 1993. [6] However, this proved short-lived. [5], Gregg was sentenced to 18 years in prison; however, he only served nine years before he was released in 1993. The Belfast Telegraph called the move "a familiar loyalist pattern of events. He told them they had to pay money - ranging from 5,000 right up to 20,000 - to be allowed to stay in the area and avoid a UVF punishment attack. On 4 September Langhammers car was blown up outside his Whiteabbey home by Greggs men, although Langhammer himself was asleep at the time and no one was injured. Four men were convicted of his murder. Snoddy died from the illness in September 1988 and English . Snoddy was close to UDA leader Andy Tyrie and was recognised as one of his closest allies amongst the UDA leadership.[7]. [6] When asked by the BBC in prison if he regretted anything about the shooting, his reply was, "Only that I didn't succeed. [67], Threats against journalists and politicians, Independent International Commission on Decommissioning, "Drugs seized in searches linked to South East Antrim UDA", "South East Antrim UDA: 'A criminal cartel wrapped in a flag', "UDA member speaks out about threats and criminality - BBC News", "UDA rebels decommission and condemn McDaid killing", "EXECUTED: Fourth feud killing in four days as loyalist assassins murder UVF man in his flat. [2] Since 2007 the South East Antrim Brigade has operated independently of the UDA following a fall-out. [73] . [52] The South-east Antrim brigadier, who was not named in reports, stated that any brigade members attending Gilmore's funeral would be expelled. The organisation is now in the grip of a committee of . The organisation is now in the grip of a committee of senior paramilitary veterans with Fisher forced to toe the line. [57] Fisher was subsequently identified by the Sunday Life as brigadier, with the paper accusing him of ordering the shooting of Horner. [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". In May of that same year, Alan McCullough was himself killed by the UDA. On 8 February 2010, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced that the Brigade had completed decommissioning. 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. Cloughfern Young Conquerors, a flute band attached to the brigade, had been to Derry for the annual Apprentice Boys of Derry march through the city centre when at the train station they met members of the Shankill Protestant Boys, a UVF-affiliated band. . Here, reporter Jennifer O'Leary writes about how the group continues strike fear into communities. He cited former UFF chief Johnny Adair as one of the few to have got out with the skin on his back. [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. 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. Much of this activity was inspired by Gregg's personal hatred of Catholics. By September 2002, Adair had even circulated stories to contacts in the media that Gregg was under death threat from the UDA. Gregg when explaining his family background, revealed that his father, regarded as a quiet man, had trust in the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) and British Army but joined the loyalist vigilante groups set up around the start of the Troubles ostensibly to protect the Protestant community from attacks by republicans. They have also asked for an end to historic prosecutions for UVF killings that took place before 2010. [5] The Guardian has identified it as "one of the most dangerous factions". "Some middle-ranking UDA men in the estate wanted him to be shot dead because touting on fellow loyalists to the police is as bad as it gets," said the source. South East Antrim brigade Den' Allo Allo' Elliott. SoundCloud . [15] English was a strong advocate of political means and pushed for the UDA to call a ceasefire in the early 1990s, a position that was anathema, at that point, to Adair. Convicted gunrunner Thomas Morgan, a one-time member of the UDA, has muscled in on the town's drug scene. The coffin was draped in the Ulster flag and the flag of the UFF. About Us; Staff; Camps; Scuba. [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. Carrick's drug trade is now a mish-mash of conflicting independent criminal gangs. "But then what happened was that the UDA began to splinter into criminal gangs, criminal fiefdoms.". [60], On 4 January police investigated SEA UDA graffiti sprayed on eleven properties. [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. Following the conclusion of the feud with Adair the UDA reconstituted its ceasefire in what they christened the Gregg initiative. On 8 December a bomb was found under Greggs car, apparently placed there by one of Adairs allies from the Loyalist Volunteer Force. Gregg served as brigadier of the UDA's South East Antrim Brigade. All four were arrested earlier this week during a police and . "But Gary Fisher doesn't want the hassle of sanctioning something against him. And one-time trusted lieutenant Colin Simms is in disgrace after being linked with the murder in Carrick a year ago of Glenn Quinn. The new Irish Sea Border: What does it mean? 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. Gregg took this as a threat and, after complaining to senior figures in the West Belfast UDA, ordered the three men to be kneecapped. [45] As of 2014 Fisher was still identified by the Irish Independent as Brigadier, with the brigade reported as being in the process of rearming. [47] A Police Service of Northern Ireland officer was injured during the disturbance. This has trigged UDA fury - the terror group has been facing an onslaught from crimebusters in South East Antrim while the UVF in the same area have been left relatively untouched. T he breakaway South East Antrim has issued a warning that it will get tough with Carrick dealers . During the course of the melee a Shankill Protestant Boys member managed to gouge out Gregg's eye,[12] although it is also claimed that Gregg lost his eye due to a fight with republicans at the same parade. Gregg, seated in the backseat, was hit at close range and died instantly. Much of this activity was inspired by Greggs personal hatred of Catholics. Charlie Strain, Hugh Cameron, Tommy Hollran and Mark Gourley, who is missing presumed . "I think that the powers that be know exactly which individuals are involved. Following his release from prison, Gregg returned to Rathcoole where he again became an important figure, taking a central role in the illegal drug trade, with his Rathcoole stronghold a centre of narcotics.Sometime after the Combined Loyalist Military Command of 1994 he succeeded Joe English, who had emerged as a leading figure in the Ulster Democratic Party, as brigadier of the South-East Antrim UDA. 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