Fitt cried libel to distort the truth and shake down those who told it

WHEN Gerry Fitt died last week, he was celebrated as a democrat who eschewed the gun in politics.

But many people knew of a different story that he managed to distort over the years by exploiting out crazy libel laws.

On February 25, 1967, Fitt warned a London conference that northern nationalists had had enough: “If reforms are not forthcoming, who could blame them for taking whatever action they see fit in the circumstances. I, for one,” he said, “would certainly not blame them.”