Spotlight made contact with a former senior PSNI officer who was at the forefront of policing efforts against the gang. Gregg initially remained aloof from the struggle and instead concentrated on his anti-Catholic campaign. They have also asked for an end to historic prosecutions for UVF killings that took place before 2010. [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. T he breakaway South East Antrim has issued a warning that it will get tough with Carrick dealers . Snoddy was close to UDA leader Andy Tyrie and was recognised as one of his closest allies amongst the UDA leadership.[7]. In late August, Adair had even managed to have Gregg stood down as Brigadier for "not being militant enough" and replaced by one of Adair's own associates. A mortally wounded Carson died later in hospital, and taxi driver William McKnight was seriously hurt. [19] In late August 1997, the brigade became involved in simmering tensions with fellow loyalist paramilitaries in the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF). However, this proved short-lived. 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. The brigade representatives refused to give any details about how many weapons or how much commercial explosives were destroyed during the day-long exercise. His cheeks appeared hollow, he has shaved his head and those who have seen him describe him as 'haunted'. "The UDA in Rathcoole couldn't figure out why all the UVF dealers were being left alone while their guys were getting caught left, right and centre. "They'll let Fisher take the fall before replacing him, they don't see any point in putting someone else in now only for him to be targeted.". Video Software we use: https://amzn.to/2KpdCQFAd-free videos.You can support us by purchasing something through our Amazon-Url, thanks :)The UDA South East A. as a threat to Mad Dog Adair and his ally John White. "Drugs is the big one. [10] The attack is commemorated in the song South East Antrim Brigade by loyalist singer Rab C, many of whose compositions were about the brigade and its leading members. [34] A bomb attack on Adair's house on 8 January 2003 was blamed on Gregg by John White. Much of this activity was inspired by Greggs personal hatred of Catholics. often in the company of Michael Stone, and had even picked up a conviction for violence at an Old Firm match. 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. On 8 February 2010, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced that the Brigade had completed decommissioning. games. By September 2002, Adair had even circulated stories to contacts in the media that Gregg was under death threat from the UDA. [61], On 16 January 2019 four men were jailed for life for their involvement in the May 2017 UDA loyalist feud killing of 35-year-old father-of-two Colin Horner. A mortally-wounded Carson died later in hospital, and taxi driver William McKnight was seriously hurt. 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 Adair was returned to prison two days later. But Johnny kept trying to justify it. Stream Rab C - South East Antrim(loyalist) by Mugs1911 on desktop and mobile. Such was the ferocity of the attack the victim urinated himself while pleading for his life. 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. Carson was described by UDA sources as a dear friend of Greggs and a junior member of the South-East Antrim Brigade. Gary Fisher, a close associate of Tommy Kirkham, succeeded Gregg as brigadier. [6] However, this proved short-lived. When the loyalist arrived he was surrounded by four masked UVF members who beat him with baseball bats, breaking several bones. Each were accused of taxing drug dealers and stealing tens of thousands of pounds from UVF coffers. A mural in support of the group lists its areas of activity as being Rathcoole (the mural's location), Rathfern, Monkstown, Glengormley . These psychos were obviously baying for blood Mod blood, to be exact. 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. 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. 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. "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. South East Antrim UDA mural in Glengormley, North Belfast. 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. He will have run the crime gang . In November 2011, Stuart Gregg received 400,000 compensation for psychological trauma due to having witnessed his fathers murder. As the band prepared to take the train home that evening they met members of the Shankill Protestant Boys, another band in town for the parade that was affiliated to the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF). 25.043611 121.5625. [4] A newer mural in the Cloughfern area of Newtownabbey and flags have updated the areas to include Ballycarry, Ballyclare, the rural hinterland of Ballymena called 'Braidside' and despite not being in County Antrim, the town of Newtownards. The Ulster Defence Association (UDA) is the largest Ulster loyalist paramilitary and vigilante group in Northern Ireland. The UDA was only proscribed - or declared illegal - in 1992 and, as the Troubles ended, the group began to fracture. [53] Gilmore died the following day, with the incident described as part of an ongoing feud in the town. Senior members of South East Antrim UDA want to take out . The Reaper is coming for you. [16], 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). . Golden Brown The Stranglers: Iconic Songs & the story behind them. 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New IRA powerbase just 20 miles away so why didnt intelligence flag possible attack? [3] He later became part of the UDA South East Antrim Brigade. SouthEast Antrim UDA crime boss Gary Fisher is facing an internal revolt with even his closest lieutenants saying his time is up. 'Break the silence about who killed my brother', Cannabis factory uncovered in UDA searches, House of alleged senior UDA member seized, Angry protests erupt over Greek rail disaster, India PM Modi urges G20 to overcome divisions, Aboriginal spears taken in 1770 to return to Sydney, How 10% of Nigerian registered voters delivered victory, Sake brewers toast big rise in global sales, The Indian-American CEO who wants to be US president, Blackpink lead top stars back on the road in Asia, Exploring the rigging claims in Nigeria's elections, 'Wales is in England' gaffe sparks TikToker's trip. Often called 'the Egyptian', Shoukri became known as 'the blingadier' for his extravagant lifestyle. "[11] In 2000 he helped to ensure that a proposal before the Inner Council to initiate the decommissioning of weapons was rejected. Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. [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). [13], Along with Jackie McDonald and Billy McFarland, fellow brigadiers on the UDA's Inner Council, Gregg was lacking in enthusiasm for the Belfast Agreement when it appeared in 1998. The UDA South East Antrim Brigade was previously one of the six brigades of the Ulster Defence Association and are heavily involved in the drug trade. In 1984, Gregg seriously wounded Sinn Fin president Gerry Adams in an assassination attempt. During the course of the melee a Shankill Protestant Boys member managed to gouge out Greggs eye, although it is also claimed that Gregg lost his eye due to a fight with republicans at the same parade. [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. [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. As the band prepared to take the train home that evening they met members of the Shankill Protestant Boys, another band in town for the parade that was affiliated to the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF). And until he was deposed, he was known for "telling tales" to the UVF's South East Antrim brigadier Den Elliott who was stood down last year for allegedly running unsanctioned rackets. A mural in support of the group lists its areas of activity as being Rathcoole (the mural's location), Rathfern, Monkstown, Glengormley . [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. South East Antrim brigade Den' Allo Allo' Elliott. "He was lucky to be let out alive, he knows it, but he's the exception rather than the rule.". Widely known as a man with a fearsome reputation, Gregg was considered a "hawk" in some loyalist circles. Watch: Peter Crouch sings the Fields of Athenry with Liverpool fans in Dublin pub, We need government and we need it now Mary Lou McDonald. South East Antrim terror chief Gary Fisher is caught in a trap. [2], Gregg joined the Ulster Young Militants (UYM), the youth wing of the loyalist paramilitary Ulster Defence Association (UDA) at the age of 14. [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. Senior members of the Ulster Volunteer Force and Red Hand Commando also attended. 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. Gregg was born in 1957 and raised in a Protestant family from the Tigers Bay area of North Belfast. Sources in South East Antrim have told us Fisher has been trying to engineer an exit strategy with enough money to sustain a life away from the UDA. Many of them were innocent - but had to pay up anyway. "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. Adair ignored the expulsion, erecting West Belfast UDA Business as Usual banners on the Shankill Road, whilst continuing his struggles with the remaining brigadiers, Gregg in particular. [15] A senior police source once described him as a man driven by "pure and absolute bigotry". Martin Quinn is the brother of the murdered Glenn Quinn, who was beaten to . The coffin was draped in the Ulster flag and the flag of the UFF. Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. The gang is a standalone faction of the UDA. Fisher associates subjected Simms to a punishment shooting after he was found with his hands in the till. During the course of the melee a Shankill Protestant Boys member managed to gouge out Gregg's eye. 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 red Toyota taxi after returning from Glasgow where he regularly went to watch Rangers F.C. [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. 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. In response, graffiti appeared around the walls of Rathcoole in December, stating: Daft Dog and White beware. [28] Soon after two pipe bombs were thrown at Gregg's house, and his friend Tommy Kirkham's house was shot at. [21] Gregg, who was noted for his sectarian beliefs, insisted that such attacks were necessary in order to prevent the "greening" of places such as Carrickfergus and Antrim, a process he claimed had already happened in Glengormley where the Catholic population had experienced significant growth. The new Irish Sea Border: What does it mean? Greggs killing proved to be the undoing of Adair. 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. FEARS of a new loyalist feud have emerged after a fanatical UDA faction accused a UVF chief of touting to cops. "Some families had no involvement in drugs at all but still had to pay to escape being put out, or even worse. Gregg's movements were known to C Company member Alan McCullough who, receiving instruction from Adair (then in HMP Maghaberry), arranged for a hit team to kill Gregg and his associate as the taxi took them from the port of Belfast. [18] English would soon re-emerge as part of the Ulster Democratic Party. Ann Ogilbys brutal murder: Forgotten victims of the Troubles, Kriss Donald The Brutal Racist Killing of an Innocent Schoolboy. 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. The gang's boss in the Mount Vernon estate in north Belfast was another expelled. Masked gunmen immediately opened fire on the occupants with automatic weapons. 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. Tensions between the terror groups is already high, with the UVF trying to muscle in and exploit tensions within Fisher's gang to increase their authority in the Rathcoole estate. A mural commemorating Gregg and Carson in Cloughfern. 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. [35] Members of Adair's C Company shot and killed Gregg the following month. 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