[1], On 14 March 1984, he severely wounded Sinn Fin president Gerry Adams in an attack supposedly ordered as a response to the earlier killings of Ulster Unionist Party politicians Robert Bradford and Edgar Graham. [10] The attack is commemorated in the song South East Antrim Brigade by loyalist singer Rab C, many of whose compositions were about the brigade and its leading members. As a result of the attack, three Woodvale UDA members went to Gregg and complained about the attack. A UDA member originally from the Woodvale Road had moved to Rathcoole where he had been beaten up after it emerged that he was a friend of Joe English, the former brigadier who had been exiled from the estate by Gregg for his anti-drugs stance. [1] Gregg was also characterised as "a bully, a racketeer, and a sectarian bigot who took particular delight in carrying out vicious punishment attacks and randomly targeting Roman Catholics. Wikizero - Ulster Volunteer Force . Senior members of the Ulster Volunteer Force, the Loyalist Volunteer Force and Red Hand Commando also attended. Widely known as a man with a fearsome reputation, Gregg was considered a "hawk" in some loyalist circles. "And the blunder of the Housing Executive staff being threatened did him no favours either in the area.". "Some families had no involvement in drugs at all but still had to pay to escape being put out, or even worse. Also his appearance at a Remembrance Sunday service two weeks ago has left those close to him in shock. Senior members of the UDA group want to take out the UVF member who they think is a 'tout'. SouthEast Antrim UDA crime boss Gary Fisher is facing an internal revolt with even his closest lieutenants saying his time is up. [20] This followed in summer 2002 when a community centre was taken over for this purpose although Gregg's UDA objected and daubed the building with the word "tout". In a move that was not universally popular in the region, Fisher allowed the Shoukris and their ally Alan McClean to live under South East Antrim Brigade protection and even attend meetings of the brigade's commanders. [7] Sometime after the Combined Loyalist Military Command of 1994 he succeeded Joe English, who had emerged as a leading figure in the Ulster Democratic Party, as so-called brigadier of the South-East Antrim UDA. They have a number of supply lines. Greggs 18-year-old son Stuart and another man were also in the vehicle but neither sustained injuries in the shooting attack. A mortally-wounded Carson died later in hospital, and taxi driver William McKnight was seriously hurt. He complained to senior figures in West Belfast before ordering that the three men be kneecapped. Members of the Cloughfern Young Conquerors dressed in uniform accompanied the coffin. [46], In March 2014 the South East Antrim Brigade was widely reported as being behind a "rampage" in which up to 100 people, some of them wearing masks, attacked a number of residential properties in Larne. He told author Ian S. Wood that he had only supported the Combined Loyalist Military Command ceasefire in an effort to ensure the release of imprisoned friends. The UDA South East Antrim Brigade was previously one of the six brigades of the Ulster Defence Association and are heavily involved in the drug trade. Often called 'the Egyptian', Shoukri became known as 'the blingadier' for his extravagant lifestyle. The Sunday World also understands Fisher has become increasingly paranoid, believing there is an informant who is passing information about his movements to the PSNI. Golden Brown The Stranglers: Iconic Songs & the story behind them. In 2019, Colin Horner was gunned down in front of his young son. [53] Gilmore died the following day, with the incident described as part of an ongoing feud in the town. Free. 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His role in the murder was covered up for years by his father's best friend - the deposed UVF South East Antrim commander. When the taxi stopped at traffic lights close to the motorway, it was rammed by another taxi which had been hijacked earlier on the Shankill Road. A mortally wounded Carson died later in hospital, and taxi driver William McKnight was seriously hurt. e views and opinions expressed in this documentary/ies and page are soley intended to educate and provide background information to those interested in the Troubles of Northern Ireland. South East Antrim Brigade mural in Ballymena honouring Gregg. [40] As of 2014, the South East Antrim Brigade is no longer considered part of the wider UDA and their brigadier does not attend meetings of the organisation's ruling Inner Council. Adams was in a taxi near Belfast City Hall with some associates when another car containing John 'Grug' Gregg and two fellow Rathcoole UDA members pulled up alongside and opened fire on Adams. The newspaper also reported that the group refused to decommission its weapons. The UDA South East Antrim Brigade is one of the six brigades of the Ulster Defence Association (UDA). [63], The threats were condemned by Peter Vandermeersch of Independent News & Media and Seamus Dooley, assistant General Secretary of the National Union of Journalists, and by Amnesty International UK. [3] A mural in support of the group lists its areas of activity as being Rathcoole , Rathfern, Monkstown, Glengormley and Whitewell, all . The juxtaposition of this initiative with the name of Gregg was condemned by the mother of a Catholic who had been killed by members of the South-East Antrim Brigade in 2000 as she argued: its sickening to call it the Gregg initiative when he was a ruthless terrorist.Everyone goes on about Johnny Adair but theyre all as bad as each other. Fisher is no longer the main man in South East Antrim, he has seen his close circle of trusted sidekicks dissolve. Fisher associates subjected Simms to a punishment shooting after he was found with his hands in the till. [55] Gilmore had been targeted in an unsuccessful crossbow attack the previous August. [63][64] Patsy McGlone, Stephen Farry, Steve Aiken and Doug Beattie also condemned the attacks and were subsequently warned by the PSNI of threats from the South East Antrim UDA. [64][65], According to the Irish Times there are suspicions that the threats are in response to coverage of the murder of Glenn Quinn in Carrickfergus in January 2020. UDA Brigadier for South East Antrim, Gregg - who became a loyalist icon when he shot Sinn Fin chief Gerry Adams - was gunned down in Belfast's docklands area nearly 20 years ago. Catholic workman Gary Moore was killed in Monkstown in 2000 in another killing attributed to Greggs unit. Widely known as a man with a fearsome reputation, Gregg was considered a "hawk" in some loyalist circles. 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[23] As a result of the attack, three Woodvale UDA members went to Gregg and complained about the attack. Gregg took this as a threat and, after complaining to senior figures in the West Belfast UDA, ordered the three men to be kneecapped. Both men, who lived on Ferris Avenue, had their houses burnt out during the attack. [11] Each geographical area was commanded by a UDA 'Brigadier' and sometimes also had a designated 'Military Commander', 'Intelligence Officer' and 'Quartermaster'. Gregg had been a regular visitor to Ibrox Park for a number of years,[11] often in the company of Michael Stone, and had even picked up a conviction for violence at an Old Firm match. . Under Gregg the South-East Antrim Brigade were prepared to ignore the terms of the loyalist ceasefire, such as on 25 April 1997 when he dispatched a five-man team to Carrickfergus to set fire to a Catholic church in retaliation for a similar attack on a Protestant church in East Belfast (this earlier attack had actually been organised by dissident loyalists seeking to provoke the UDA into returning to violence). Such was the ferocity of the attack the victim urinated himself while pleading for his life. [22], Gregg initially remained aloof from the struggle and instead concentrated on his anti-Catholic campaign. [45] As of 2014 Fisher was still identified by the Irish Independent as Brigadier, with the brigade reported as being in the process of rearming. He sought to portray Gregg as unstable and thuggish and spread a rumour that he was about to be replaced as brigadier. That same night Jackie McDonald's men raided the lower Shankill and ran those members of C Company that had remained loyal to Adair, who was still in prison, out of the city. Gary Fisher became brigadier following the murder in 2003 of his predecessor John 'Grug' Gregg, but he is known to be looking for a way out of the organisation. However, this proved short-lived. Senior members of the Ulster Volunteer Force and Red Hand Commando also attended. [14] Later in the year, English was forced to confront Adair about rumours that Adair was considering attending an Inner Council meeting armed in order to eliminate the other five brigadiers and assume sole control of the UDA. This followed in summer 2002 when a community centre was taken over for this purpose although Greggs UDA objected and daubed the building with the word tout. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. [26], Adair ignored the expulsion, erecting "West Belfast UDA - Business as Usual" banners on the Shankill Road, whilst continuing his struggles with the remaining brigadiers, Gregg in particular. Sunday World understands the UVF man, based in Rathcoole, is aware he has been fingered as a police tout and has stepped up security as his home in fear of attack. Gregg, seated in the backseat, was hit at close range and died instantly. 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[50] Three arrests were made in the days immediately after the attack. as a threat to Mad Dog Adair and his ally John White. Police confirmed that they were treating it as part of the existing feud. "Putting it bluntly they were either stood down, expelled or shot - that's the only way to get out.". Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. A bomb attack on Adairs house on 8 January 2003 was blamed on Gregg by White, although Adair himself was returned to prison two days later after a dossier detailing his drug-dealing and racketeering activities was shown to Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Paul Murphy. As the band prepared to take the train home that evening they met members of the Shankill Protestant Boys, another band in town for the parade that was affiliated to the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF). Charlie Strain, Hugh Cameron, Tommy Hollran and Mark Gourley, who is missing presumed . In October 2002, Gregg was one of the brigadiers who passed the resolution expelling Adair from the UDA for his involvement in the non-fatal shooting of Jim Gray. [17] According to the Workers' Party (Ireland), English was stood down by the UDA after he had expressed willingness to enter into dialogue with them. In late August 1997 this band was one of a number of similar flute bands to travel to Derry for the annual Apprentice Boys of Derry march through the city centre. By September 2002, Adair had even circulated stories to contacts in the media that Gregg was under death threat from the UDA. Money drives the South East Antrim UDA's criminal interests, made off the backs of communities who are ruthlessly subjected to a code of silence. [66], In July 2021, Doug Beattie, the leader of the Ulster Unionist Party, told the BBC that the South East Antrim UDA had threatened to kill him twice. The killing of Mr Horner, gunned down in front of his three-year-old son Oscar in the Bangor carpark of Sainsbury supermarket, was linked at the time to the South East Antrim UDA feud which claimed the life of his friend, Carrickfergus loyalist Geordie Gilmore, two months earlier. The secretive mobster has seen his one-time iron-clad grip on the UDA crime gang loosen in recent months, leaving him Brigadier in name only. His plan to flee to Scotland has also been put on hold after loyalists there were warned not to harbour him. [12] As the oldest member, English usually chaired the meetings of this Inner Council, although he often struggled to control UDA West Belfast Brigade brigadier Johnny Adair. . The UDA structure was divided into six geographical areas during the late 1980s (Londonderry, South-East Antrim, North Belfast, East Belfast, West Belfast and South Belfast). "But he's only delaying the inevitable and will eventually have to account for the 250,000 that's disappeared.". In late 2001, Greggs reign of terror in Rathcoole, where drug dealing, knee-capping and savage beatings were the norm, was challenged by local British Labour Party Councillor Mark Langhammer, who also objected to Greggs close links to neo-Nazi groups in Great Britain. The Reaper is coming for you" as a threat to "Mad Dog" Adair and his ally John White. Home. Gregg, seated in the backseat, was hit at close range and died instantly. [4] The attack had been known in advance by security forces due to a tip-off from informants within Rathcoole; Adams and his co-passengers had survived in part because Royal Ulster Constabulary officers, acting on the informants information, had replaced much of the ammunition in the UDAs Rathcoole weapons dump with low-velocity bullets. From the 1990s until he was shot dead in 2003 by rival associates, Gregg served as brigadier of the UDA's South East Antrim Brigade. [27], However, in late 2002 a UDA member originally from the Woodvale Road who had moved to Rathcoole was attacked after it emerged that he was a friend of Joe English, the former brigadier who had since been exiled from the area by Gregg for his anti-drugs stance. [6] His deputy Rab Carson was killed in the same attack, with both men having just returned from Scotland where they were attending a Rangers F.C. The Reaper is coming for you. His 2IC (second-in-command) was also dismissed after being given a sickening baseball bat beating by other masked UVF members. He said there were about 2,000 members of the UDA in the south east Antrim . His own earliest memory of the Troubles was the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association marches in Derry, a movement to which Gregg and his family were strongly opposed. [5], Gregg was sentenced to 18 years in prison; however, he only served nine years before he was released in 1993. Carrickfergus is a town that once inspired a classic Irish folk song about longing. Under Fisher, the South East Antrim Brigade became close to the Shoukri brothers, who commanded the neighbouring North Belfast Brigade before being expelled from the UDA in June 2006. [19], In late 2001, Gregg's reign of terror in Rathcoole, where drug dealing, knee-capping and savage beatings were the norm, was challenged by local British Labour Party Councillor Mark Langhammer, who also objected to Gregg's close links to neo-Nazi groups in Great Britain. Similarly, South East Antrim UDA which broke away from the Inner Council in 2007, is wholly independent of any other UDA faction. Gregg served as brigadier of the UDA's South East Antrim Brigade. [47] A Police Service of Northern Ireland officer was injured during the disturbance. A failure by the paramilitary group's south-east Antrim faction to back the move resulted in a . This has trigged UDA fury - the terror group has been facing an onslaught from crimebusters in South East Antrim while the UVF in the same area have been left relatively untouched. But Johnny kept trying to justify it. [6] When asked by the BBC in prison if he regretted anything about the shooting, his reply was, "Only that I didn't succeed. Browns_right_foot 3 mo. He was aware that (another UDA Brigadier) had arranged a trip to London for us to speak to people in England, where we would attempt to reorganise and motivate units in . [9] They were convicted for the attack the following year. One of those was alleged Carrickfergus UDA commander Clifford Irons who was charged with conspiracy to supply cocaine. The new Irish Sea Border: What does it mean? [22] Around this time Gregg spearheaded an initiative to significantly increase recruitment into the South East Antrim Brigade. It is claimed they control "100%" of an illegal drugs network in south-east Antrim, Northern Ireland. [18] In 2000, he helped to ensure that a proposal before the Inner Council to initiate the decommissioning of weapons was rejected. In October 2002, Gregg was one of the brigadiers who passed the resolution expelling Adair from the UDA for his involvement in the non-fatal shooting of Jim Gray. [9] Gregg's fearsome reputation earned him the nickname "the Reaper" and he bore a tattoo of the Grim Reaper on his back as a tribute. 2023 BBC. [4], Gregg and his team were apprehended almost immediately by a British Army patrol that opened fire on them before ramming their car. Gregg was married with one son and two stepdaughters. A senior police source once described him as a man driven by pure and absolute bigotry. [44] In 2010, the Independent Monitoring Commission confirmed that the split between the Fisher faction of the brigade and the wider UDA had not ended. Four men were convicted of his murder. Tommy Lyttle suspected that Craig had helped the IRA kill South Belfast UDA Brigadier, John McMichael in December 1987 not long after McMichael had aired complaints within the UDA hierarchy and in Craig's earshot, about Craig's dubious business dealings. [67], Threats against journalists and politicians, Independent International Commission on Decommissioning, "Drugs seized in searches linked to South East Antrim UDA", "South East Antrim UDA: 'A criminal cartel wrapped in a flag', "UDA member speaks out about threats and criminality - BBC News", "UDA rebels decommission and condemn McDaid killing", "EXECUTED: Fourth feud killing in four days as loyalist assassins murder UVF man in his flat. The UVF man who is accused of touting - who we can't identify for legal reasons - went around the Rathcoole estate and other loyalist areas close by demanding cash payments from alleged drug dealers recently. Antrim, he has seen his close circle of trusted sidekicks dissolve ( UDA ) want take. 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