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Revocata licenza a killer e informatore UVF

James CrockardAd un ex informatore (supergrass) e killer lealista della Ulster Volunteer Force viene ordinato dal governo di ritornare in cella.

James Crockard, 56 anni, attualmente residente in Spagna, è stato incarcerato nel 1983 per l’omicidio di due cattolici di West Belfast.

Fu rilasciato dopo aver scontato otto anni della pena all’ergastolo per l’assassinio di Carl McParland e Gabriel Wiggins. Ma il governo adesso teme sia diventato un pericolo per la gente.

Un portavoce del Northern Ireland Office (NIO) ha riferito: “Il ministro Paul Goggins, agendo per conto del Segretario di Stato, ha revocato la licenza di James Graham Crockard e lo rimanda in prigione per scontare gli ergastoli.

“Siamo preoccupati perché ha infranto le condizioni della sua licenza e presenta un accresciuto rischio per la gente”.

Crockard testimoniò contro 29 lealisti accusati di oltre 90 reati collegati alla UVF negli anni Ottanta.

Wiggins, 56 anni, padre di 14 figli, fu colpito a morte a settembre 1979 quando rispose a qualcuno che bussava alla sua porta di casa nella zona di Springfield Road a West Belfast.

Carl McParland, 21 anni, fu ucciso da uomini armati che penetrarono nella casa della sorella in Leoville Street, nella zona di Clonard, nell’aprile 1980.

UVF killer ordered back to jail

A former Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) supergrass and killer has been ordered to return to prison by the Government.

James Crockard, 56, who has been living in Spain, was jailed in 1983 for the murder of two Catholics from west Belfast.

He was freed under licence after serving eight years of his life sentences for the killing of Carl McParland and Gabriel Wiggins. But the Government now fears he presents an increased risk to members of the public.

A Northern Ireland Office (NIO) spokesman said: “Minister of State Paul Goggins, acting on behalf of the Secretary of State, has revoked the life licence of James Graham Crockard and recalled him to prison on his life sentences.

“It is with regard to concerns of him having breached the conditions of his licence and presenting an increased risk of harm to the public.”

Crockard testified against 29 loyalists charged with more than 90 UVF-linked offences in the 1980s.

Mr Wiggins, 56, a father of 14 children, was shot in September 1979 when he answered a knock at the front door of his home in the Springfield Road area of west Belfast.

Carl McParland, 21, was killed by gunmen who entered his sister’s home at Leoville Street in the Clonard area of west Belfast in April 1980.

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