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18/08/2005
Adair due in court over harrassment charge
Former UDA leader Johnny Adair is to appear before a court in Bolton today accused of harassment.
Adair, who was released from jail in January, will appear before magistrates in Greater Manchester alongside William Woods who faces two counts of harassment and one charge of common assault.
The incident is alleged to have taken place in Halliwell Road, Bolton.
Adair has settled in the Bolton area with his wife, family and former associates since they were all ousted from the Shankill Road in Belfast 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 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.
(MB/SP)
Adair, who was released from jail in January, will appear before magistrates in Greater Manchester alongside William Woods who faces two counts of harassment and one charge of common assault.
The incident is alleged to have taken place in Halliwell Road, Bolton.
Adair has settled in the Bolton area with his wife, family and former associates since they were all ousted from the Shankill Road in Belfast 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 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.
(MB/SP)
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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.
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Johnny Adair freed from jail
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Adair granted leave for review of jail decision
Notorious loyalist Johnny Adair’s legal bid to overturn an order by the Secretary of State sending him back to prison passed its first hurdle in the Belfast High Court today. After hearing legal argument, Mr Justice Kerr ruled that Adair could apply for a judicial review of Mr Murphy's decision.
Adair granted leave for review of jail decision
Notorious loyalist Johnny Adair’s legal bid to overturn an order by the Secretary of State sending him back to prison passed its first hurdle in the Belfast High Court today. After hearing legal argument, Mr Justice Kerr ruled that Adair could apply for a judicial review of Mr Murphy's decision.
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