Former UVF leader dies in hospital
The former UVF leader Gusty Spence has died at the age of 78.
Spence was a feared killer in the 1960s, but later renounced violence and announced the 1994 Combined Loyalist Military Command ceasefire.
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Spence was a feared killer in the 1960s, but later renounced violence and announced the 1994 Combined Loyalist Military Command ceasefire.
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