McCord Snr threatened ‘by UVF’
The father of a UVF murder victim, Raymond McCord, has received another threat against his life.
According to Mr McCord Snr, police tried to contact him in the early hours of Saturday morning to inform him of the threat from loyalist paramilitaries.
It comes just hours after the murder of Bobby Moffettt on the Shankill Road – a killing which has been linked to a personal dispute involving elements of the UVF.
And Mr McCord Snr has told UTV he believes the UVF are behind the threats against him.
His son was murdered by the loyalist paramilitaries in north Belfast in 1997, aged 22.
His father has since led a lengthy campaign to expose collusion in the case, between British Government agents and police informers.
A report by the then Police Ombudsman Nuala O’Loan revealed that paid police agents in the Mount Vernon UVF gang led by senior loyalist Mark Haddock were involved in the killing – with up to 20 others.
Mr McCord Snr says the government needs to take action against the loyalist group.
“I know – and intelligence indicates – that it was the UVF,” he told UTV.
“There is no other loyalist group that has any interest in me apart from the UVF.”
He added: “It’s a daily occurrence in the Shankill Road that young people are being intimidated by the UVF.
“It’s time that the government did something about it – start with the man at the top, look at his finances, and work their way down.”
