Simmering loyalist feud erupts with man’s ‘execution’

A YOUNG man was “executed” in north Belfast early yesterday as the simmering feud among loyalist paramilitaries erupted.

The victim related to a senior member of the Ulster Defence Association was shot six times as he stood in the kitchen of a house in the Oldpark area after an all-night party.

The gunman, thought to a member of the gang led by Johnny "Mad Dog" Adair, burst into the house and fired at point-blank range killing his victim instantly. Another man in the room was uninjured.