Adrian Rogan Barney Green Dan McCreanor Eamon Byrne Malcolm Jenkinson Patsy O’Hare Adrian Rogan Barney Green Dan McCreanor Eamon Byrne Malcolm Jenkinson Patsy O’Hare

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Adrian Rogan | Barney Green | Dan McCreanor | Eamon Byrne | Malcolm Jenkinson | Patsy O’Hare The Attack Red Honda Triumph Acclaim The Driver of the getaway car Weapons Biographies of deceased – ‘Person X’ On June 18th 1994, at approximately 10pm, UVF Car – the getaway car The weapons used in the attack were a VZ 58 replica gunmen entered the Heights Bar killing AK47 automatic rifle & a Browning Pistol. Patsy O’Hare • This car was supplied by an RUC agent known • The police are in receipt of Adrian Rogan six people and seriously injuring five. as ‘Agent Mechanic’ and referred to in the Police information advising as to the These weapons originate from a shipment of weapons Patsy, aged 35, was an only son who Ombudsman’s Report as ‘Person B’ identity of the getaway driver Adrian, aged 34, was married to Clare. he UVF gunmen knew that nationalists, the O’Toole imported from South Africa during the apartheid spoiled his Mother Annie and Father • ‘Agent Mechanic’ is connected to the UVF’s Mount of the red Honda Triumph He had two children; Tony aged 9 and family, owned the Heights Bar and those who regime for loyalists by MI5 through their agent Brian Willie. He was very good to his five Vernon gang in North and was involved with Acclaim. Person X is a convicted Emma, aged 8. His parents, May and frequented the bar were mostly Catholics. Nelson. sisters, Marie, Geraldine, Patricia, T a series of UVF attacks and bombings paedophile and high level drugs Mick Rogan had three children, Doreen, That the UVF attack took place as the opening game in the Bernadette and Roisin. He helped • He is a close associate of Special Branch agent Mark trafficker. Sheelagh and Adrian, who was the World Cup between and Italy was being played also Several weeks after the attack the decorate their houses and drove them Haddock • In a separate development youngest. He was affectionately known ensured that the bar would have had a capacity crowd. weapons used were found by workmen at to wherever they needed to go. He loved his nieces and • This same UVF gang were the subject of the lawyers acting for the Loughinisland families as ‘Frosty’ by all who knew him. Adrian loved Irish ballads For the killers, and those who planned the attack, this nearby Listooder Road. This find included nephews and regularly went walking with them and his then Police Ombudsman’s, Nuala O’Loan, report received official documentation that shows that and enjoyed the Craic. His children’s happy memories increased the likelihood of significant fatalities and casualties, boiler-suits, balaclavas, gloves and dog Rusty. Patsy was a quiet, gentle person who loved Operation Ballast ‘Person X’ benefitted from a Royal Prerogative of of their holiday in Spain, from where they had just as the intent was to kill as many Catholics as possible. ammunition. his pint. • ‘Agent Mechanic’ has never been arrested or Mercy from the then British Secretary of State, the returned on the morning he was murdered, were totally Survivors described how the main gunman, masked and questioned about his role in supplying the car used late Mo Mowlam. spoiled. Adrian worked in a local car dismantlers. He was wearing a boiler-type suit and gloves, knelt and This created further forensic opportunities in the Loughinisland murders • The Police Ombudsman has refused to investigate well known and highly respected by all sections of the pointing an automatic rifle opened fire spraying the bar in a which included the recovery of a hair Eamon Byrne • BBC Spotlight revealed that in 1997 Agent this matter. community. One of Adrian’s greatest interests was Gaelic few bursts of gunfire from the main entrance. The scene was follicle. Given the significant developments in forensic Mechanic’ received a £10,000 payment from the • Person X was also arrested and charged in relation to Football and he had gone to the that night to collect described as one of sheer horror and carnage. science it is incredulous that the RUC and PSNI have Eamon, aged 39, a builder by trade, RUC. another loyalist murder in March 1998, that of David tickets for the Down USFC match the following day. The two killers escaped in a red Honda Triumph Acclaim car been unable to maximize this potential. was a hard working man. He came • After the attack the car was Keys, but was not convicted. driven by a third man. from a family of four brothers and three secreted a few miles away from • Person X has never been arrested in relation to his Emergency calls were immediately made as survivors and The Police Ombudsman in his report Ref : (7.9) states sisters. Eamon’s mother Isa, died in 1986 the Heights Bar at Listooder. The involvement in this atrocity. Dan McCreanor local people sought desperately to tend to the injured and “that the failings identified in this report indicate a and his father Peter died two years car was found intact at 9.40am dying – and administer prayers to those dead. lack of effective leadership and investigative diligence. after his sons murder. Eamon loved his the next morning by a member Person ‘G’ Dan, aged 54, was a hard working, Others immediately took details of There has been a lack of co-ordination and commitment life, his wife Marie and four boys, Martin (11), Paul (8), of the public and reported to the RUC at 10.04am energetic man who worked as a builder the red Honda Triumph Acclaim and to pursue relentlessly all investigative opportunities to Stephen (4) and Declan 3 months. Eamon was gentle, • Within an hour of the discovery of car ‘Agent • The Police Ombudsman’s Report shows, Ref: (5.66), and a farmer. Dan supported the Down a description of the driver who was bring these persons to justice” great Craic and had a hearty laugh. He loved tennis and Mechanic’ was called by ‘Police Officer 4’ and that that in July 1994 information was received by team and went to all the football unmasked. These were provided to snooker and enjoyed a quiet pint. He was always there day they met. the RUC that ‘Person G’ had been involved in the matches. He had a great interest in the RUC when they arrived. The Police Ombudsman’s Report, Ref: (5.78 & 5.79), for his family and has missed out on his children growing • A note on the RUC file states that ‘Agent Mechanic’ Loughinisland murders. Irish Music and loved whistling. His 34 year-old Adrian Rogan, 87 year- reveals the very same weapons used in Loughinisland up and the birth of his grand-daughter Katie Louise. is only to be contacted through his police handler – • However, ‘Person G’ was not arrested in relation to favourite song was, The Boys from County Armagh. Dan old Barney Green, 59 year-old Dan were also used in three other murders and three known as ‘Police Officer 4’ the Loughinisland murders until August 17th 1999 - was a quiet, inoffensive man who enjoyed a half’un and McCreanor, 39 year-old Eamon Byrne, attempted murders by loyalists. The RUC and the PSNI • Astonishingly the RUC ordered the destruction five years and one month after the information was a bottle of Guinness and the chat in his local bar on a 35 year-old Malcolm Jenkinson and 35 year-old Patsy ‘OHare have repeatedly refused to state which murders and Barney Green of the car 10 months after the murders losing the received as to his involvement. Saturday night. lay dead. attempted murders as has the Police Ombudsman. potential of further forensics opportunities • ‘Person G’ was also arrested in relation to possession The tranquility of this rural village, like the lives of loyalist weapons, “shortly after the the Heights This failure contrasts starkly with information frequently Barney was aged 87 and was married of all those affected that awful evening was now shattered Bar murders” and was released without charge - Ref: provided in other cases and thus the families, survivors, Malcolm Jenkinson to Brigid. They lived all their lives in and indelibly marked. Police Officer 11 (5.66). and public are left with an investigative information gap hamlet of Teconnaught and their door This attack was the focus of global media and political which raises even more questions. was always open to visitors with the • The location of where the car was recovered was • Inexplicably no forensic samples were taken from Malcolm, aged 54, was a family man attention in the build-up to what was to become the peace offer of a half’un for the adults and close to the home of a then serving RUC officer. ‘Person G’. The Police Ombudsman’s investigation who worked as a building contractor. process. But despite overwhelming evidence of who planned always had sweets in his pockets for the • Known as ‘Police Officer 11’ this RUC officer was was unable to establish reasons or rationale for not He was married to Ann and had and carried out the attack, no one has ever been charged in many children who called. Barney, a retired pig farmer, based in RUC station where the taking forensic samples from ‘Person G’ - Ref: (5.95). three children, Mark, Louise and Paul. connection with the killings. who also worked in the building trade, was well known murder inquiry was based • The Loughinisland families and survivors fear that Malcolm was a kind, gentle humorous This information/campaign leaflet sets out that evidence and respected over a large area. His interests were • Police Officer 11’ provided the personal details of ‘Person G’ was/is a serving member of the security man who loved children. The saddest and seeks your support in establishing an independent football and card playing, often travelling throughout an eye-witness, who could identify the driver of the forces as a report from the Press Association on 20th thing is, that he missed all his children’s’ weddings and investigation aimed at providing the truth and justice the county playing whist and 45 nights. Barney enjoyed getaway car, to the uncle of this same suspect June 1994 reported that a number of RIR soldiers never saw his seven grandchildren. Malcolm enjoyed to the families, survivors and the public concerning the a drink and Craic at the weekend. When Barney was • Police Officer 11 is the only serving police officer to were “being interrogated at Gough Barracks by snooker, going out for a quiet drink and loved to dance . brutally murdered he was out watching the big match ever be arrested for collusion. detectives investigating loyalist paramilitary attacks” the Waltz. and enjoying a quiet tipple. • Despite the facts set out above, he has never been charged. COLLUSION COVER UP COLLUSION COVER UP COLLUSION COVER UP COLLUSION COVER UP COLLUSION COVER UP COLLUSION COVER UP COLLUSION COVER UP COLLUSION COVER UP

killings in which collusion was to actually define the act of collusion. His definition RUC Failings - Institutional is suspected, in East Tyrone, is both domestically and internationally accepted. Loughinisland Massacre – the Campaign Demands Indifference & Investigative numerous documents were Loughinisland is the first case not to have the Cory shocking cover-up 1. A statement of acknowledgement of the failings Bias destroyed with the excuse definition applied and at no point throughout of original investigation into Loughinisland by the proffered that asbestos at the several years of engagement with the Police • Murders sanctioned by UVF leader, who the media Chief Constable, the British Secretary of State & The Police Ombudsman’s Report reveals that; Gough necessitated same. Ombudsman was this ever communicated to the the Dept of Justice The then Coroner, Roger families and survivors. has alleged as being a Special Branch agent MASSACRE • The car used in the attack was supplied by another • The RUC failed to conduct a forensic examination McLarnon, was highly critical 2. A fresh Independent Investigation of the area where the car was left – soil samples, of this and asked why all This matter has only emerged in the context of internal RUC agent from North Belfast’s Mount Vernon UVF • The murder inquiry team did not arrest or interview footprints, cigarette butts, chewing gum, – as they original documents had difficulties within the Ombudsman’s office in which 3. That the investigation must have the full did not call to the scene SOCO or a forensic officer not been copied prior to the Chief Executive has tendered his resignation citing this agent • Getaway car, weapons, ammunition, boiler-suits, cooperation of the police and intelligence – Ref: (5.27) their ‘alleged’ disposal. The external interference by civil servants within the Dept. of agencies • Forensic samples in relation to 6 suspects (D, families ask the following questions: Justice and the NIO. balaclavas – including a hair follicle - and gloves – a forensic treasure trove – all found intact, yet not one H, I, J, K, L) arrested a month later, on 18/7/94 4. And that the investigation have oversight by demonstrated ‘inconsistencies’ – Ref: (5.72) • Who authorized this destruction ? A Committee on the Administration of Justice (CAJ) person ever charged. • Indeed the getaway car destroyed soon after by judicial, legal and human rights experts ensuring • No DNA buccal swabs whatsoever were taken from • What paperwork exists in relation to authorisation report, June 2011, on the Police Ombudsman highlights state and police cooperation Persons Q & R (Feb 19th 1996 – Ref: 5.92) or Person of this destruction ? significant failings on the part of that office concerning RUC - forensic opportunities lost forever. G (August 17th 1999 – Ref: 5.95) • What risk assessments were conducted in relation addressing the matter of collusion. • RUC officer perverts the course of justice by passing • There is no confirmation that DNA profiles have to this ? on the details of an eyewitness to a relative of a been retained in relation to all suspects or of those • Which department with responsibility for health & From the families’ perspective it appears that the current main suspect What Can I Do? arrested in connection to Loughinisland. safety were notified ? Police Ombudsman is more receptive to external • Failure to arrest main suspect despite information received immediately after the attack Please write raising the concerns and supporting these • The RUC deliberately sat on forensic evidence for a • Was there any other murder files subsequently sent pressures from those opposed to scrutiny of collusive campaign demands to; 3-year period before detaining ‘Person U’ (5.107) to Gough Barracks ? acts and wrongdoing on the part of the police. It is COLLUSION COVER UP COLLUSION COVER UP • Major delay of up to 3-years in making arrests after new forensic evidence received • The Police Ombudsman also identified failings in feared this interference comes from civil servants within • The British Prime Minister the management of the HOLMES account (Home the system with political motive, and senior police • A litany of forensic failings including no DNA samples of main suspects. • An Taoiseach Office Large Murder Enquiry System), which may Police Ombudsman redefining officers. • The British Secretary of State have resulted in the loss of evidential opportunities • No proper forensic examination of murder scene collusion – moving the • No forensic examination of scene of where the • The PSNI Chief Constable - Ref: (6.41) In this context, and set against the same CAJ report in • The Minister for Policing & Justice • The Murder Inquiry Room (MIR) was poorly goalposts which it is also evidenced that the criterion for the post getaway car is left • Original interview notes of key suspects destroyed • The Chair on the Committee for Justice Stormont managed from the outset – Ref : (6.18) filled by the current Police Ombudsman was managed • The Chair & Vice Chair of the Policing Board The families and survivors are alarmed that the by the police • A further indication of these failings is, that a bullet by the NIO to his advantage, the families feel that the • The Human Rights Committee Policing Board Police Ombudsman has sought to redefine collusion • Weapons used are supplied by MI5 to loyalists via fragment was found at the scene of the attack easier option is to seek to dismiss their complaints. • Your elected representative - MLA, MP, TD, MEP, Cllr, effectively setting a threshold way beyond that Brian Nelson by survivors long after the RUC completed its Congress representative, Senator established previously by Sir John Stevens and • Same weapons used in further 3 murders and 3 examinations – Ref: (5.13) From the Loughinisland families’ and survivors’ • Church & Civic Leaders Justice Peter Cory. attempted murders viewpoint, and supported by a number of NGO’s, • The media Gough Barracks Asbestos: The States Convenient the individual and collective body of evidence to • RUC – PSNI & Police Ombudsman refuse to say The Police Ombudsman which murders and attacks Shredding Machine ? date demonstrates clearly acts of both omission For further information - contact details previously operated and commission which more than comprehensively • Senior RUC Investigating Officer involved in to the definition of Loughinisland murder inquiry refuse to cooperate • Ref: (5.124 None of the original notes, made demonstrates collusion. The Loughinisland Justice Group can be contacted via; collusion set out by with Police Ombudsman – why? during interviews of suspects between 1994 and Mr. Niall Murphy, Kevin R Winters & Co, Queen St Belfast Canadian Supreme • British Government provide Royal Prerogative of 1995 in the Heights Bar murder investigation, The departure from the Cory definition is significant and BT1 1HB Court Judge – Justice Mercy to one of the suspected killers concerning his has been recovered by the Police Ombudsman’s along with the failure to confirm the role of agents is at Tel: 02890 241888 or [email protected] Peter Cory – who involvement in other serious crimes investigation. In 1998 documents were destroyed great variance with previous reporting. Or was appointed by • Police Ombudsman refuses to use Cory definition of as a result of contamination by asbestos at Gough Mark Thompson both governments to collusion in Loughinisland Massacre Police Office. It is believed that the original notes This constitutes discrimination of the Loughinisland C/O Relatives for Justice 235a Falls Rd Belfast BT12 4PE were amongst these. investigate collusion in a number of cases. families and survivors and investigative bias on the part • In a number of preliminary inquest hearings of the Police Ombudsman. COINCIDENCE OR COLLUSION ? – YOU DECIDE into direct state killings and other controversial In examining collusion the first task that Justice Cory did

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