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...first, he was puzzled by the fact that he seemed to find out more about his son's murder than the police had. Then he learned the reason: The UVF boss who allegedly ordered the killing was a police agent. Mark Haddock was a low-level informer when he first alleged to have killed in 1993 by shooting a Catholic woman while she cooked dinner for a sick Protestant friend. Despite having allegedly told police about the killing, he was kept on as an informer and his payments continued to increase...
...time he is alleged to have had Raymond McCord, Jr., murdered, the report says, police had information pointing to Haddock as an accomplished killer, extortionist and drug dealer. In spite of a catalogue of suspected crimes, ordinary police officers were only able to jail him twice - once after he was caught red-handed attacking a bar, and more recently when one of his victims allegedly ignored death threats to testify against him. "He had a license to kill," says McCord. "And it wasn't some sort of romantic James Bond episode. The man is a vicious thug...
...McCord may feel vindicated, but the Director of Public Prosecutions has concluded there isn't enough evidence to pursue charges. The British government is so far resisting calls for a public inquiry. Haddock - who is presently in prison for an assault that had occurred while he was still on the books as an informer, but which was only prosecuted after he had been taken off the books - hasn't commented. And McCord has paid a price for his efforts. There have been attempts on his life and he was forced to move out of North Belfast. He now lives behind...
...debate will most likely not be resolved under the council’s current guard. “The new UC leadership needs to figure out for themselves how they want to tackle [the shuttle issue],” said outgoing UC President John S. Haddock ’07. “For shuttles to be successful, the UC would have to be very creative and new, and I don’t know if new is a good idea...
...said they weren’t worried. “It just keeps things interesting,” she said. Presidential contender Brian S. Gillis ’07-’08, former council member Aaron D. Chadbourne ’06, and outgoing UC president John S. Haddock ’07 and vice-president Annie R. Riley ’07 were among the wellwishers last night...