Murder gangs
Direct links between members of the British army and loyalist
murder gangs have been exposed again. One Royal Scots Regiment
and three Ulster Defence Regiment soldiers have appeared in court
in Belfast in the last week, charged in connection with loyalist
terror.
On Tuesday, Joanne Garvin, a UDR soldier, and Cameron Hastie, a
soldier from the Royal Scots, were charged with passing
photographs and information about ``suspect republicans'' to
loyalists. This incident - soldiers using their positions within
the crown forces to get information and photographs from British
intelligence files, which are then passed on to loyalist murder
squads - is by no means unique. It does however reinforce the
point which has been consistently made by Sinn Fein spokespersons
- that there is widespread and regular collusion between the
crown forces and loyalist killers.
Garvin, who admitted giving the information to the UVF, was
released by Belfast High Court on £1,100 bail - in stark contrast
to people from the nationalist community who are held in custody
on comparatively trivial charges or whose bail is set at an
unattainable level.
Phoblacht, 26 May 1988.
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