Scottish Orange leader resigns
The Drumcree standoff has been cited by a leading member of the
Orange Order in Scotland as the reason behind his resignation.
The resignation has reopened the controversy within the Order
over the violence associated with the Drumcree standoff and the
deaths of brothers Richard, Mark and Jason Quinn in Ballymoney.
Church of Scotland Minister, Gordon McCracken resigned as Deputy
Grand Master in Scotland on July 14. McCracken said his
resignation was not in relation to the deaths of the Quinn
children, which he described as ``regrettable and heartbreaking
but not directly related'' but because of the attacks on Crown
force personnel at Drumcree.
23 year old Thomas Robert Garfield Gilmour, a salesman from
Ballymoney, appeared in Belfast Magistrates Court on Tuesday 21
July charged with murdering the three Quinn brothers in
Ballymoney.
Gilmour replied ``definitely not guilty'' when charged at
Strandtown RUC station on Monday night but an RUC chief inspector
said he believed he could connect the accused with the charges.
When asked if the person or persons ``actively and physically
involved'' in the firebomb attack had been brought before the
court, the RUC man said ``it would be wrong for me to make any
comment about that''.
Meanwhile a number of other men are still being questioned.
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