Victim a once senior IRA man who went on to work in the community
MURDER victim Gerard 'Jock' Davison was once the most senior member of the IRA in Belfast and a member of the organisation's Northern Command. The 47-year-old, who in recent years was a supporter of Sinn Féin and the peace process, came from a well-known republican family in the Markets area of south Belfast. The father-of-three was at the forefront of the IRA during the early 1990s when the organisation - using the name Direct Action Against Drugs - was responsible for a spate of murders of high profile criminals. He was present in Magennis's Bar in Belfast city-centre in January 2005, whe[...]
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