Girl has narrow escape as loyalist shot dead

A FOUR-YEAR-OLD girl had a miraculous escape when drive-by gunmen in Northern Ireland sprayed the car she was a passenger in with bullets, killing prominent loyalist Stephen Warnock.

Sat, 14 Sep, 2002 - 01:00

Alan Erwin

The victim was shot after a motorcycle pulled up alongside his parked car in Newtownards, Co Down, just

before midday.

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Courts Place: Northern Ireland Place: Newtownards, Co Down Place: Circular Road Place: Regent’s Place: Grammar Place: Newtownards Person: Stephen Warnock Person: Iris Robinson Person: Tom Hamilton Person: Deputy First Minister Person: Mark Durkan Person: Durkan Organisation: BMW Organisation: Loyalist Volunteer Force Organisation: Police Service of Northern Organisation: Ulster Unionist Assembly Organisation: SDLP

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