Sunday, March 16, 2008
“So he would be very well known..”
The 51-year-old man left critically ill after being attacked at his home yesterday evening was later named as a former Provisional IRA prisoner who, according to one report [not online], was convicted of a bomb attack on a bar. According to various reports, Frank McGreevey was assaulted at his home in Ross Street shortly after 1830 GMT on Saturday by at least two men. The Chairman of the Falls Road Residents’ Association, Robert McClenaghan, said “He is a former prisoner who served a life sentence. So he would be very well known.” The BBC report also notes Update It’s now a murder inquiry. And One man has been charged.
Police are treating the incident as attempted murder. A 20-year-old man is being questioned by police. Acting Detective Superintendent Jeff Smyth said they were following a definite line of inquiry.
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“As such last evening in the middle of the night, members of the PSNI, under my direction, searched a number of houses in this community looking for a suspect,” he said. Detectives later said the 20-year-old man had handed himself in at Grosvenor Road police station.
And the RTÉ report has this
Local Sinn Fein Councillor, Tom Hartley, says residents of the area had phoned the police about some of the parties involved in the incident and they were unhappy about the slow response.
Pete Baker @ 10:51 PM
Suggesting the man’s history might have had something to do with the attack is not the same thing as offering justification for the attack.
Once again it needs to me pointed out that Pete was quoting someone else who seemed to be making a connection between the man’s lack of anonymity and the attack, at least that’s my impression of the original quote in it’s entirety.Posted by on Mar 21, 2008 @ 05:02 AMMe Again i agree murder is murder and is wrong but how would you get justice if the murderer of your loved one was a protected paid informer or didnt get life in prison or just got away with it??
Why does the bible say an eye for an eye??
Sometimes or most of the time the law fails the victims so the victims need to get justice.
I hope the people of West Belfast will let the police do their job and beat these scum of our streets.Posted by on Mar 21, 2008 @ 04:43 PM
