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10/01/2005
Johnny Adair freed from jail
Former loyalist leader Johnny Adair has been released from prison and flown to England.
Mr Adair was taken to RAF Aldergrove on Monday and flown by helicopter to Manchester despite not being due for release until Thursday.
It is understood the Shankill Road man was met and interviewed by a representative of the Greater Manchester Police when he arrived.
Last week Chief Superintendent Dave Lea of Greater Manchester Police warned that criminal behaviour would not be tolerated and that his force would act "robustly" to deal with any criminal or anti-social behaviour.
Mr Adair is expected to settle in the Bolton area where his wife, family and former associates now reside following a UDA power struggle in 2003.
During that struggle East Antrim loyalist John ‘Grugg’ Gregg was shot dead.
The UDA leadership blamed elements within Johnny Adair's "C Company" faction for the killing and forced his family and associates to flee as part of a UDA purge of the lower Shankill area.
This is the third time Mr Adair has been released from prison since his conviction in 1995.
in August 2000 he was returned to prison by the Northern Ireland Secretary of State for a breach of his release licence under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement.
(MB/SP)
Mr Adair was taken to RAF Aldergrove on Monday and flown by helicopter to Manchester despite not being due for release until Thursday.
It is understood the Shankill Road man was met and interviewed by a representative of the Greater Manchester Police when he arrived.
Last week Chief Superintendent Dave Lea of Greater Manchester Police warned that criminal behaviour would not be tolerated and that his force would act "robustly" to deal with any criminal or anti-social behaviour.
Mr Adair is expected to settle in the Bolton area where his wife, family and former associates now reside following a UDA power struggle in 2003.
During that struggle East Antrim loyalist John ‘Grugg’ Gregg was shot dead.
The UDA leadership blamed elements within Johnny Adair's "C Company" faction for the killing and forced his family and associates to flee as part of a UDA purge of the lower Shankill area.
This is the third time Mr Adair has been released from prison since his conviction in 1995.
in August 2000 he was returned to prison by the Northern Ireland Secretary of State for a breach of his release licence under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement.
(MB/SP)
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15 May 2002
Johnny Adair released from prison
The loyalist paramilitary chief Johnny ‘mad dog’ Adair, has been released from prison. The prominent Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF) chief walked free from Maghaberry prison on Wednesday morning to a crowd of around 100 supporters who cheered as he got into a vehicle and drove away.
Johnny Adair released from prison
The loyalist paramilitary chief Johnny ‘mad dog’ Adair, has been released from prison. The prominent Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF) chief walked free from Maghaberry prison on Wednesday morning to a crowd of around 100 supporters who cheered as he got into a vehicle and drove away.
14 May 2002
Johnny Adair set to be released from jail
The loyalist paramilitary chief Johnny ‘mad dog’ Adair, who is due to be freed from jail on Wednesday May 15, will be a force for good, it was claimed today. One of Mr Adair’s closest associates John White, former chairman of the disbanded Ulster Democratic Party, insisted there was nothing to fear from his release.
Johnny Adair set to be released from jail
The loyalist paramilitary chief Johnny ‘mad dog’ Adair, who is due to be freed from jail on Wednesday May 15, will be a force for good, it was claimed today. One of Mr Adair’s closest associates John White, former chairman of the disbanded Ulster Democratic Party, insisted there was nothing to fear from his release.
06 February 2003
Defections and exile decimates Adair's C Company
Up to 50 members of Johnny Adair's lower Shankill-based C Company left the country in the early hours of this morning after the mainstream UDA moved against the renegade faction. It is thought that Adair's family and his close ally John White were among the party which left for the Larne ferry terminal under police escort.
Defections and exile decimates Adair's C Company
Up to 50 members of Johnny Adair's lower Shankill-based C Company left the country in the early hours of this morning after the mainstream UDA moved against the renegade faction. It is thought that Adair's family and his close ally John White were among the party which left for the Larne ferry terminal under police escort.
17 December 2003
Belfast pair charged following Manchester drugs swoop
The wife and son of loyalist paramilitary leader Johnny Adair are among six people arrested by police investigating drugs crimes in Greater Manchester. Police swooped on a number of houses in the Manchester and Lancashire areas on Tuesday morning as part of 'Operation Margate'.
Belfast pair charged following Manchester drugs swoop
The wife and son of loyalist paramilitary leader Johnny Adair are among six people arrested by police investigating drugs crimes in Greater Manchester. Police swooped on a number of houses in the Manchester and Lancashire areas on Tuesday morning as part of 'Operation Margate'.
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