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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Adair refused bail in harassment case
Former UDA leader Johnny Adair has been refused bail following an application to Bolton Magistrates' Court on Thursday. The case relates to an incident in which Adair, 41, and William Woods, 37, are accused of harassment. The incident is alleged to have taken place outside a launderette in Halliwell Road, Bolton, close to where both men reside.
Adair refused bail in harassment case
Former UDA leader Johnny Adair has been refused bail following an application to Bolton Magistrates' Court on Thursday. The case relates to an incident in which Adair, 41, and William Woods, 37, are accused of harassment. The incident is alleged to have taken place outside a launderette in Halliwell Road, Bolton, close to where both men reside.
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.
10 January 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.
Johnny Adair freed from jail
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Shankill Designated Education 'Action Zone'
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04 February 2003
UDA move to isolate Adair leadership
In a statement today, the UDA in Belfast have moved to isolate notorious loyalist Johnny Adair and the current chiefs of the organisation's C Company, saying that it no longer recognises their leadership.
UDA move to isolate Adair leadership
In a statement today, the UDA in Belfast have moved to isolate notorious loyalist Johnny Adair and the current chiefs of the organisation's C Company, saying that it no longer recognises their leadership.