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Portadown is located in an area known during the troubles as the "murder triangle" [1] because of the high number of killings carried out by paramilitary organisations. The town is the site of an annual parade in July by an ex-serviceman's lodge of the Orange Order, from St Mark's Church in the town centre, where participants lay wreaths at the war memorial.
The vast majority of the attacks claimed by the PAF occurred in a region between Belfast and Newtownabbey in Armagh and Tyrone known locally as the "murder triangle". [4] On 24 November 1974, shortly after the first attack claimed by the PAF, an interview with three unidentified men was published in the Sunday World.
[3] [4] [20] [21] This group began to carry out shooting and bombing attacks directed against Catholics and nationalists to retaliate for the IRA's intensified campaign. [22] Most of these attacks took place in the area of County Armagh and Mid-Ulster referred to as the "murder triangle" by journalist Joe Tiernan. [2]
The brigade has been active since 1972. The Portadown unit along with the brigade's leader Billy Wright was officially stood down on 2 August 1996 by the UVF's Brigade Staff (its Belfast leadership) following the brigade's killing of a Catholic taxi driver during a UVF ceasefire. The brigade, however, continued to function in the mid-Ulster area.
It also emerged that for several days prior to his killing, he had been working at the Ballykinlar British Army base. [2] Immediately after his murder by the LVF, Jameson's family began an anti-drug campaign in Portadown by putting up posters and handing out leaflets to passing motorists. [14]
Investigators said Mary Josephine Bailey showed no reaction when she learned she would be charged with Yvonne Menke’s murder An 81-year-old woman nearly got away with a twisted love triangle murder.
[2] [3] After walking along Market Street from the dance hall, they came to the intersection of Market and Thomas Streets in Portadown, where they were attacked. [2] [3] Hamill and his friend, Gregory Girvan, were attacked by the crowd while their attackers shouted abuse at them and Robert Hamill was knocked unconscious almost immediately. [3]
‘Worst kept secret’: Mystery of young mom’s love triangle murder solved nearly 40 years later. Andrea Cavallier. July 12, 2024 at 2:26 PM. Paula Boudreaux was last seen in 1986. She was ...