Trial starts of loyalist man accused of murders

A 36-year-old Portadown man has gone on trial at Belfast Crown Court charged with 64 offences related to LVF terrorist activity…

A 36-year-old Portadown man has gone on trial at Belfast Crown Court charged with 64 offences related to LVF terrorist activity over an eight-year time frame.

William James Fulton, of Queen's Walk, denied the charges, which include three murders and nine attempted murders. However, the court heard that Fulton had confessed his involvement in two notorious sectarian murders to an undercover cop.

The claim came at Belfast Crown Court as prosecuting QC Gordon Kerr spent four hours cataloging some 81 terrorist offences committed by the LVF over the course of eight years including the murders of Grandmother Elizabeth O'Neill, Catholic council worker Adrian Lamph and Catholic taxi driver Michael McGoldrick.

In the dock denying the charges including possessing explosives and guns, as well as the gun used in the brutal murder of Mr McGoldrick, causing explosions, directing terrorism, membership of the LVF and dealing in cannabis and Ecstasy was Fulton from Queen's Walk in Portadown.

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Alongside him in the dock is Muriel Gibson (55) from Clos Trevithick, Cambourne in Cornwall who denies a total of 11 charges including the murder of Mr Lamph, possessing guns and explosives, membership of the LVF and withholding information.

Her two daughters 28-year-old Rain Landry, of the same address denies four charges relating to explosives, arson and having a petrol bomb while Talutha landry (31), from Penrose Park in Portleven, Cornwall denies two charges relating to firearms with all 81 charges dated between December 14 th1991 and September 30 th1999.

During police questioning both Mr Fulton and Ms Gibson claimed they had been "bragging" in an effort to impress the undercover police officers.

The trial continues.