The Troubles in Greysteel
- The Troubles in Greysteel
The only fatal incident to occur in the County Londonderry village of Greysteel as a result of the Northern Irish Troubles was the Greysteel massacre of 30 October 1993. Steven Mullan (20), Karen Thompson (19), James Moore (81), Joseph McDermott (60), Moira Duddy (59) and John Moyne (50), Catholic civilians and John Burns (54) and Victor Montgomery (76), Protestant civilians, were shot and killed during a gun attack by the Ulster Freedom Fighters on the Rising Sun Bar, Greysteel. Victor Montgomery died on 14 April 1994. [ [http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/sutton/chron/ NI Conflict Archive on the Internet] ] See also the Greysteel massacre. Shortly after the massacre, four men were arrested, tried and convicted for the attack. Three had been "shooters", one of whom's gun was faulty, whilst the other had been the getaway driver. All three men were later released under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement. They are Torrens Knight, Stephen Irwin, Jeffrey Deeney and Brian McNeill. Torrens Knight received eight life sentences for the Greysteel massacre, together with four more for the murders of four Catholic workmen killed seven months earlier in Castlerock (see: The Troubles in Castlerock). He served seven years in prison before paramilitary prisoners were granted a general release under the Good Friday Agreement. There remain rumours that he was a paid police informer. [ [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20060218/ai_n16151804 Was this loyalist murderer in the police's pay?] ]
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