COLLUSION IN CAPPAGH KILLINGS STATE SPONSORED MURDER AT BOYLE’S BAR, CAPPAGH, SUNDAY 3rd MARCH 1991 THE UNTOLD STORIES OF RELATIVES, VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS COLLUSION IN CAPPAGH KILLINGS The murder of Thomas Armstrong, Dwayne O’Donnell, John Quinn and Malcolm Nugent Relatives for Justice 39 Glen Road Belfast BT11 8BB Tel: 028 9062 7171 Fax: 028 9060 5558 Email: [email protected] www.relativesforjustice.com Relatives for Justice 42 Irish Street Dungannon Co. Tyrone BT70 1DQ Tel: 028 8775 1697 Email: [email protected] THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT RELATIVES FOR JUSTICE Sunday 3 March 1991 The Murder of Thomas Armstrong, Dwayne O’Donnell, John Quinn and Malcolm Nugent at Boyle’s Bar, Cappagh, Co. Tyrone, 03.03.1991 THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT COLLUSION IN CAPPAGH KILLINGS The murder of Thomas Armstrong, Dwayne O’Donnell, John Quinn and Malcolm Nugent “Article two, the right to life, is one of the core rights. It involves not only the state's responsibility to protect people from unlawful death, but also the responsibility to investigate effectively the circumstances of the death and punish those responsible. It is an absolute obligation ... until now there has been virtual impunity for the state actors involved” Nils Muiznieks, Council of Europe's Commissioner for Human Rights, November 2014 Relatives for Justice 39 Glen Road Belfast BT11 8BB Tel: 028 9062 7171 Fax: 028 9060 5558 Email: [email protected] www.relativesforjustice.com Relatives for Justice 42 Irish Street Dungannon Co. Tyrone BT70 1DQ Tel: 028 8775 1697 Email: [email protected] Published by Relatives for Justice February 2016 THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT RELATIVES FOR JUSTICE Sunday 3 March 1991 Contents 1. Introduction 4 2. The Victims 6 3. Submission to Police Ombudsman compiled by Relatives for Justice 9 4. References 23 5. Reports and findings compiled in 1991 by Bernadette McAliskey and Fr Joe McVeigh 24 6. Report of inquest proceedings by Martin Donaghy 32 THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT THOMAS ARMSTRONG, DWAYNE O’DONNELL, JOHN QUINN, MALCOLM NUGENT COLLUSION IN CAPPAGH KILLINGS The murder of Thomas Armstrong, Dwayne O’Donnell, John Quinn and Malcolm Nugent 1. 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