Webpage supports loyalist mob murder of Catholic
There were calls last night for a Bebo webpage which supported the killers of Kevin McDaid to be removed from the internet.
The page had been dedicated to the Coleraine-based Pride of the Bann flute band — who have now called on the page designers to take it down.
The easily accessible website, which can be set up and added to by anyone, contains offensive messages praising the loyalist mob who battered the Catholic community worker to death last Sunday.
The website, which has 119 fans, also contains photographs and video footage of the Pride of the Bann on parade.
In a statement, Pride of the Bann said its members were distancing themselves from the incident and political repercussions. But messages left on the Bebo site have shocked the community.
One read: “Well done lads!! respect what happened on sunday but maintain ur faith. proper order!!”
Another noted: “Pride of the band are we were not scared of the ruc.. we’ll show use wot we can do.”
The latest Bebo message, referred to tonight’s parade.
It called for calm, saying: “keep friday peaceful, victory will be yours at the end of the night!! hope its a good one …. no surrender!! one highway… we shall walk!!”
A spokesman for Pride of the Bann Flute Band said: “Pride of the Bann Flute Band Coleraine, have no site on Bebo.
“If there is a site claiming to be Pride of the Bann, band leaders have asked that whoever set this site up to remove it immediately.”
