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09/06/2006
Shoukri cleared of paramilitary membership
North Belfast loyalist Ihab Shoukri, who was accused of being a member of the UDA and UFF, has had his case thrown out of court.
Belfast Crown Court Judge, Thomas Burgess, today said that there was not enough evidence to convict Shoukri.
The 32-year-old, from Westland Drive, north Belfast, was also told that charges of professing membership of the UDA and UFF had also been dropped.
Mr Shoukri has been on bail for almost three years.
Lawyers for the Crown today said that they had no plans to appeal against the judge's ruling.
The accused had faced a total of four charges of membership of both the UFF and UDA between February and July 2003, and also of professing to be a member of both paramilitary organisations between 14 May and 28 May 2003.
After the brief hearing, Shoukri, shook hands with his legal team before leaving the courtroom with two associates.
(EF/SP)
Belfast Crown Court Judge, Thomas Burgess, today said that there was not enough evidence to convict Shoukri.
The 32-year-old, from Westland Drive, north Belfast, was also told that charges of professing membership of the UDA and UFF had also been dropped.
Mr Shoukri has been on bail for almost three years.
Lawyers for the Crown today said that they had no plans to appeal against the judge's ruling.
The accused had faced a total of four charges of membership of both the UFF and UDA between February and July 2003, and also of professing to be a member of both paramilitary organisations between 14 May and 28 May 2003.
After the brief hearing, Shoukri, shook hands with his legal team before leaving the courtroom with two associates.
(EF/SP)
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While the IRA "haven't gone away, you know" - as infamously declared by the Sinn Fein President, Gerry Adams - a Belfast court case this week appears to point towards the loyalist paramilitary group, the UDA doing - or "not doing" the same thing.
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Former east Belfast UDA leader has bank accounts frozen
Former east Belfast UDA leader Jim Gray has had his bank accounts frozen, Banbridge Magistrates Court heard today. The 47-year-old, who was charged at the weekend with possessing and concealing criminal property but who denies the charges, appeared by video link from Maghaberry Prison and spoke only to confirm his name.
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Shoukri's expulsion rejected by UDA brigade
The UDA in north Belfast has rejected the instruction to expel the Shoukri brothers from the organisation. The 'North Belfast Brigade' of the UDA today said that it rejected the decision of the UDA`s inner council to expel Ihab and Andre Shoukri, and a third man. The Brigade said that they had "consulted widely with its membership.
Shoukri's expulsion rejected by UDA brigade
The UDA in north Belfast has rejected the instruction to expel the Shoukri brothers from the organisation. The 'North Belfast Brigade' of the UDA today said that it rejected the decision of the UDA`s inner council to expel Ihab and Andre Shoukri, and a third man. The Brigade said that they had "consulted widely with its membership.
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