UDA ‘responsible’ for man’s murder

THE Ulster Defence Association was formally accused yesterday of gunning down one of its former brigadiers, Jim Gray.

The accusation against Northern Ireland’s largest loyalist paramilitary group is in the latest IMC report.

While UDA leaders signalled last November they wanted to engage with the Government in talks about their organisation’s future, the IMC accused them of involvement in murder, trying to procure weapons, drug dealing, extortion, money laundering, producing and selling counterfeit goods and robbery.