CAMPAIGNERS believe that the death of Peter Ward could have been avoided if the RUC had warned nationalists that a UVF killer gang was operating in Belfast. Mr Ward was murdered just weeks after west Belfast man John Scullion was shot dead by a Shankill Road UVF gang outside his home in Clonard, off the Falls Road. The RUC initially claimed the 28-year-old, who was the first victim of the Troubles, had been stabbed despite being told by residents that two shots had been heard in the area. A neighbour later gave the RUC a bullet shell found in the area after the killing. In a highly[...]