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Gusty Spence's family continue campaign over Peter Ward murder
30 June, 2016 01:00
THE family of UVF founder Gusty Spence have launched a fresh bid to clear his name over the murder of a Catholic teenager 50 years ago.
Spence was sentenced to life in prison for the killing of Catholic barman Peter Ward on June 26 1966.
The 18-year-old was shot dead as he and friends left the Malvern Bar in the loyalist Shankill Road area of Belfast.
Two friends were also wounded in the attack which came shortly after another Catholic man, John Scullion, died from injuries received after he was shot by the same UVF gang in the Clonard area of west Belfast a month earlier.
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30 June, 2016 01:00
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