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15/02/2002
Adair arrested and questioned by police
Loyalist paramilitary leader Johnny Adair has been arrested in jail and taken for questioning by police.
A spokesman for the Northern Ireland Prison Service confirmed that Adair was taken from Maghaberry Prison, near Lisburn on Friday February 15 and questioned at a nearby police station by detectives about the escalation of crime during the bitter loyalist feud in August 2000.
Adair, commander of the notorious Shankill 'C' Company of the Ulster Defence Association, was sentenced in September 1995 and then released in September 1999 as part of the early prisoner release scheme under the Good Friday Agreement.
However, Adair's license was then revoked on the orders of then Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Mandelson and he was returned to jail because he had broken the terms of his early release.
Adair's return to jail coincided with a bitter feud between the UDA and Ulster Volunteer Force which claimed the lives of seven men.
Two of those, Jackie Coulter and Bobby Mahood, were gunned down as they sat together in a jeep on the Crumlin Road on August 21, 2000.
Adair's licence was revoked the day after the double murder.
He is due for release in May 2002.
(ND)
A spokesman for the Northern Ireland Prison Service confirmed that Adair was taken from Maghaberry Prison, near Lisburn on Friday February 15 and questioned at a nearby police station by detectives about the escalation of crime during the bitter loyalist feud in August 2000.
Adair, commander of the notorious Shankill 'C' Company of the Ulster Defence Association, was sentenced in September 1995 and then released in September 1999 as part of the early prisoner release scheme under the Good Friday Agreement.
However, Adair's license was then revoked on the orders of then Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Mandelson and he was returned to jail because he had broken the terms of his early release.
Adair's return to jail coincided with a bitter feud between the UDA and Ulster Volunteer Force which claimed the lives of seven men.
Two of those, Jackie Coulter and Bobby Mahood, were gunned down as they sat together in a jeep on the Crumlin Road on August 21, 2000.
Adair's licence was revoked the day after the double murder.
He is due for release in May 2002.
(ND)
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