Thought RUC raid was loyalists
``I was honestly frightened, I didn't know who was breaking into
my house'', explained Lenadoon woman Jean Fox to An Phoblacht
after the RUC had sledgehammered her door in at 6.30am on
Wednesday 10 September. Jean's son, Thomas, is serving a life
sentence in the H Blocks and she believed her home was being
attacked by loyalists.
She lives alone not far from the notorious Black's Road estate
from where many loyalist attacks have been launched against
nationlists in West Belfast.
RUC raiding party arrived at Mrs Fox's home in the early hours
of the morning and the first she knew was when her door was
smashed in. When she went to investigate the noise she saw a man
in plainclothes standing there. She had no idea who he was until
she saw RUC members in uniform. They told her they wanted her
second son who doesn't live in the house, but searched the rooms
even though she told them her son wasn't there.
As they were leaving the RUC refused to sign a damage form for
the wrecked door telling her she would have to go to the
barracks.
``I'm not going near them'', said Fox. ``I thought all this
harassment would stop because of the cessation''.