Adair quizzed over assassination

FORMER paramilitary boss Johnny “Mad Dog” Adair was heavily investigated over the assassination of loyalist informer William Stobie, detectives said yesterday.

Adair quizzed over assassination

Adair, the ex-Ulster Defence Association commander, who was in jail when the organisation’s one-time quartermaster was gunned down outside his North Belfast home, refused to co-operate with police, an inquest was told.

The inquest into Stobie’s death also heard from a secret witness who saw the suspected murder team patrol outside their victim’s home in a fake taxi for five days before he was killed.

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