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| Belfast: loyalist charged with two murders during Troubles | Belfast: loyalist charged with two murders during Troubles |
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| A prominent Ulster loyalist who was interviewed for a controversial history project at Boston College in the US has been charged with two sectarian murders. | A prominent Ulster loyalist who was interviewed for a controversial history project at Boston College in the US has been charged with two sectarian murders. |
| Winston “Winkie” Rae will appear in Belfast magistrates court on Monday morning charged with murdering two Catholic men in 1989 and 1991. | Winston “Winkie” Rae will appear in Belfast magistrates court on Monday morning charged with murdering two Catholic men in 1989 and 1991. |
| John Devine, 37, was shot dead at his home on Fallswater Street in west Belfast on 23 July 1989. He was sitting in his living room with his 13-year-old son when three men forced their way in and shot him. | John Devine, 37, was shot dead at his home on Fallswater Street in west Belfast on 23 July 1989. He was sitting in his living room with his 13-year-old son when three men forced their way in and shot him. |
| Taxi driver John O’Hara, 41, was murdered on Dunluce Avenue in south Belfast on 17 April 1991. | Taxi driver John O’Hara, 41, was murdered on Dunluce Avenue in south Belfast on 17 April 1991. |
| Rae was arrested last Tuesday by officers from the Police Service of Northern Ireland’s (PSNI) legacy branch – a detective unit that investigates unsolved crimes from the Ulster Troubles. | Rae was arrested last Tuesday by officers from the Police Service of Northern Ireland’s (PSNI) legacy branch – a detective unit that investigates unsolved crimes from the Ulster Troubles. |
| The 65-year-old loyalist was a member of a terrorist group called the Red Hand Commando, a satellite organisation of the larger and oldest pro-union paramilitary movement, the Ulster Volunteer Force. | The 65-year-old loyalist was a member of a terrorist group called the Red Hand Commando, a satellite organisation of the larger and oldest pro-union paramilitary movement, the Ulster Volunteer Force. |
| He was one of dozens of Ulster loyalists and Irish republicans who were interviewed by researchers from Boston College’s Belfast project. They gave full and frank testimonies about their role in paramilitary violence during the Troubles on condition that their taped interviews would not be made public until they were dead. | He was one of dozens of Ulster loyalists and Irish republicans who were interviewed by researchers from Boston College’s Belfast project. They gave full and frank testimonies about their role in paramilitary violence during the Troubles on condition that their taped interviews would not be made public until they were dead. |
| One of the most controversial contributions came from former Belfast IRA commander Brendan Hughes whose testimony was published after his death. On tape Hughes alleges that Sinn Féin’s president, Gerry Adams, gave the order for the Belfast IRA to kidnap, kill and bury in secret widowed mother of ten Jean McConville in 1972 because the Provisionals believed she was an informer. Adams has denied any role in the McConville murder or that he was ever in the IRA. | One of the most controversial contributions came from former Belfast IRA commander Brendan Hughes whose testimony was published after his death. On tape Hughes alleges that Sinn Féin’s president, Gerry Adams, gave the order for the Belfast IRA to kidnap, kill and bury in secret widowed mother of ten Jean McConville in 1972 because the Provisionals believed she was an informer. Adams has denied any role in the McConville murder or that he was ever in the IRA. |
| The PSNI has pursued the Boston College material through the US courts and confirmed last year that they were seeking the testimonies of every ex-paramilitary who took part in the Belfast project. | The PSNI has pursued the Boston College material through the US courts and confirmed last year that they were seeking the testimonies of every ex-paramilitary who took part in the Belfast project. |