Republican News · Thursday 31 January 2002

Man charged with feud killing

Twenty-three-year-old Stephen Dowie appeared at Belfast Court on Saturday 16 July charged with the murder of Jonathan Stewart in December 2002 during the loyalist feud.

Dowie, whose address was given as c/o Magilligan Prison, was charged with murdering 22-year-old Stewart at a house in Manor Street in North Belfast, two days after Christmas last year.

Stewart, a nephew of a well known loyalist, was shot six times by a masked gunman who forced his way into the kitchen of the house and singled him out.

Armed members of the PSNI stood guard in the courthouse during Dowie appearance.

Dowie was remanded in custody until 22 August.

He was one of dozens of people who fled the Six Counties in February, along with Gina Adair and John White, after the UDA declared war on friends and associates of ousted Shankill UDA boss Johnny Adair.