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28/11/2006
UDA deny connection with Stormont alert
The UDA has today denied having any knowledge of Michael Stone's plan to attack Parliament buildings.
Reports have claimed that the paramilitary organisation sent out teams to either intercept or shoot Stone before he could reach Stormont on Friday, however in a statement released earlier today by the UDA, they claimed that this was “completely untrue.”
The announcement came after police carried out a search at a house east Belfast yesterday, believed to be owned by a former girlfriend of the loyalist murderer.
Police have said that the house, in the Grahamsbridge Road area of Dundonald, was part of an investigation into serious crime.
No one was arrested during the operation.
The convicted murderer faces five charges of attempted murder following the security alert at Parliament Buildings on Friday, when political parties met to discuss the restoration of devolution.
Stone, who entered the building with a handgun and an explosive device, was taken down by Stormont security staff, who have since been praised for their work.
Stone's early release licence was revoked with immediate effect and he has since been returned to prison.
Michael Stone previously given a 700-year jail term which he received for committing six murders – three of which took place at an IRA funeral at Milltown cemetery in west Belfast in 1988.
After serving only 12-years, he was released in 2000 under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement.
(EF)
Reports have claimed that the paramilitary organisation sent out teams to either intercept or shoot Stone before he could reach Stormont on Friday, however in a statement released earlier today by the UDA, they claimed that this was “completely untrue.”
The announcement came after police carried out a search at a house east Belfast yesterday, believed to be owned by a former girlfriend of the loyalist murderer.
Police have said that the house, in the Grahamsbridge Road area of Dundonald, was part of an investigation into serious crime.
No one was arrested during the operation.
The convicted murderer faces five charges of attempted murder following the security alert at Parliament Buildings on Friday, when political parties met to discuss the restoration of devolution.
Stone, who entered the building with a handgun and an explosive device, was taken down by Stormont security staff, who have since been praised for their work.
Stone's early release licence was revoked with immediate effect and he has since been returned to prison.
Michael Stone previously given a 700-year jail term which he received for committing six murders – three of which took place at an IRA funeral at Milltown cemetery in west Belfast in 1988.
After serving only 12-years, he was released in 2000 under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement.
(EF)
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