SEFF's Advocacy for Innocent Victims Project

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SEFF's Advocacy for Innocent Victims aims to support innocent victims and survivors of terrorism and other Troubles related criminal violence(in the Northern Ireland context) towards attaining truth, justice and acknowledgement. Advocacy for Innocent Victims (AfIV) was formed in September 2015 to provide advocacy support for innocent victims of terrorism or other 'Troubles' related criminal viole

nce(in the Northern Ireland context) with an advocacy related issue, particularly but not exclusively related to their justice, truth and accountability needs. AFIV offers:
- Confidentiality and Empathy
- Support to engage with the PSNI's Legacy Unit
- Support in having your experiences of Terrorism/'The Troubles' recorded
- Media skills and training
- Tailored supports to empower victims/survivors to speak out for themselves
- Support to engage with Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland and Garda Siochana Ombudsman Commission
- Support to engage with the Coroner's Office
- Support to engage with other relevant investigative bodies
- Promotion of victim and survivor issues within the public and media domains
- Networking groups and individuals who are innocent victims and survivors of terrorism and 'other Troubles related violence'.
- Sign-posting to other services within SEFF i.e Counselling, Complementary Therapies, Welfare Advice and Appeals/Tribunals representation and onward referral beyond SEFF

06/05/2026

6 May 1981:
Phillip C. Ellis, 33-year-old Protestant, married and an RUC police officer was from Castleward Park in the Belvoir estate in south Belfast. The IRA shot and killed Const. Ellis as he was near a peace line barrier. Const. Ellis was standing near the barrier when a gunman opened fire on him. There had been a police presence for most of the day to prevent clashes between rival factions after the death of hunger striker Bobby Sands. A 9-year-old boy and another policewoman were also injured in the attack. Const. Ellis was a former British soldier and married a Belfast woman. He was an RUC police officer for less than a year. Const. Ellis's killers were described by a Church of Ireland minister as "tools of Satan". The minister said at the funeral that Const. Ellis stayed in Northern Ireland "because he wanted to do something to help". An 18-year-old man was jailed after he admitted his involvement with Const. Ellis's killing and IRA membership.

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06/05/2026

6 May 1979:
Robert Maughan, 30-years-old, single, and a soldier with 9/12 Lancers holding the rank of Sergeant.
Norman Prue, 29-year-old Protestant, married with two children and an RUC detective-constable.

Sgt Maughan was from Senham near Newcastle on Tyne and worked in intelligence. Det. Const. Prue was from Sylvan Hill, Lisnaskea. Both men were shot by the IRA outside Holy Cross Church around 11:30AM while mass was being conducted. Det. Const. Prue stepped out of his car to buy a copy of the Republican News which was on sale outside the church gates. A gunman came from behind a wall and shot him. Sgt Maughan was sitting in their unmarked car when he was shot by another gunman. The church was hit with two bullets. A doctor was attending mass and came outside to attend to the men but both men died instantly. The IRA said that Sgt Maughan was a member of SAS and that both Sgt Maughan and Det. Const. Prue had been under observation for some time.

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05/05/2026

5 May 1992:
Billy Sargent, 66-year-old Protestant civilian, married with three children was a pensioner from Limestone Road and was shot in the Mount Inn when an IPLO gunman machine gunned the bar. Mr Sargent was shot in the back of the head and neck when the gunman opened fire inside the bar and died instantly. Mr Sargent's sons had gone to the scene to identify their father's body but they were told by police that the scene inside was too horrific. The coroner said: "it was a purely random sectarian attack. It would not have mattered who was in the bar". The coroner also said that Mr Sargent's murder was a sectarian murder.

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05/05/2026

5 May 1990:
Graham A. Stewart, 24-years-old, a soldier with the Scots Guards holding the rank of Lance-Sergeant was from Perth, Scotland and was serving with the regiment's second Battalion. LSgt Stewart was on foot patrol near Cullyhanna when he was shot in the head by the IRA. LSgt Stewart was the leader of a four-man observation patrol. They were airlifted to Cullyhanna area for observation duties to last several days. The inquest was told by one of the soldiers that they had been moved to high ground which was concealed by gorse for a better view of Cullyhanna village. He said they came under machine-gun fire from a derelict building about 300 metres away. LSgt Stewart had been acting as lookout when he was shot in the head. The patrol was then taken out by an "air reaction force" helicopter.

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05/05/2026

5 May 1982:
Maureen McCann, 64-year-old Protestant civilian, a personal secretary was working at the Killinchy post office when she was stabbed to death by a UVF man. She suffered a single stab wound to the chest while one of the raiders was struggling with her brother. Two Belfast men were jailed in April 1983 for manslaughter.

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05/05/2026

5 May 1977:
James Green, 22-year-old Catholic civilian, a taxi driver was from Milford Walk in Divis Flats. A woman flagged him down in his taxi and as he turned at the junction of Glen and Shaw's Roads, he was shot by the IRA when a man jumped out of a parked car and shot him. Mr Green was a former member of the Royal Irish Rangers Regiment and in 1975, left the regiment. In unconfirmed reports, it was said that Mr Green had been named to the IRA as a British agent by Vincent Heatherington. A detective-constable said that the only reason he could think of for Mr Green's killing was his association with the Irish Rangers.

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05/05/2026

5 May 1974:
Albert Greer, 64-year-old Protestant was from Spruce Street and died of a heart attack when a bomb exploded at a partially completed community centre. Mr Green had a history of heart trouble. The bomb consisted of between 20 and 50lbs of explosives and was left by a man making off in the dark in a blue car. A number of people were injured by flying glass and the building was demolished in the explosion. Mr Green lived nearby, collapsed and died after suffering a massive heart attack.

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05/05/2026

5 May 1973:
Terence Williams, 35-year-sold, married with three children and a soldier with 17/21 Lancers holding the rank of Corporal.
John Gibbons, 22-years-old, married with one child and a soldier with 17/21 Lancers.

CPL. Williams was from Aylesham and Trooper Gibbons was from Edinburgh. Both soldiers were killed by an IRA bomb while they were on a follow-up operation in the bomb attack three hours earlier that killed Sgt Major Vines. Both soldiers had been tracing wires at the scene of the first bomb and apparently triggered the second b***y-trap. Both soldiers were Catholics and died instantly.
Cpl Williams' widow successfully sued for compensation. Cpl Williams was attached to the Parachute Regiment's second Battalion and was based at Gosford Castle in Markethill. Trooper Gibbons had a baby son.

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05/05/2026

5 May 1973:
William Ronald Vines, 36-years-old and a soldier with the Parachute Regiment holding the rank of Sergeant-Major was killed by an IRA landmine while he was on foot patrol in Moybane. A command wire that led over the border was used to detonate the device. The inquest was told by an army officer that he and Sgt Maj. Vines was walking toward a roadside wall just as the bomb exploded. In a follow-up operation, two more soldiers were killed. This attack was an example of the IRA's 2-step operation to lure security forces into a second attack making soldiers and the police cautious about such attacks. An army officer said: "these blasts would appear to have been parts of a devious b***y-trap and these three soldiers were victims of elaborately laid ambushes". Sgt Maj. Vines was assigned at Parachute Regiment headquarters in Aldershot and was the company Sgt Maj. with the regiment's second Battalion.

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04/05/2026

4 May 1989:
Stephen McGonigle, 31-years-old, married with two children and a soldier with the Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters holding the rank of Corporal was killed by a roadside IRA bomb near Silverbridge. CPL. McGonigle was in charge of a four-man patrol and had been walking along the road when the bomb was detonated by the IRA. The bomb was detonated by remote control. The device was attached to a telephone pole and was detonated when the soldiers were examining a car that was parked nearby. CPL. McGonigle died instantly. His three colleagues received only minor injuries and were given first aid at the scene and airlifted to safety.

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04/05/2026

4 May 1989:
John Griffiths, 37-year-old Protestant, married with two children, and a prison nurse was from Ballynick Road, Loughgall. Mr Griffiths left his home around 7:00AM to go to work when an IRA b***y trap bomb exploded under the driver's seat of his car killing him. Mr Griffiths worked at the Maze prison but was on assignment to Maghaberry jail. He had served in the army and settled in Northern Ireland after he met his wife who was also from Loughgall. Mr Griffiths had also served in the UDR and was a member of the Grange True Blues Orange Lodge. John Hall, the chairman of the Prison Officers Association visited the scene of Mr Griffiths' murder and said: "if just want to express my anger and frustration at how life can be taken like this for no cause whatsoever". The family minister said: "he was well liked by everybody and just fond of life".

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04/05/2026

4 May 1982:
Alan Caskey, 21-year-old Protestant, single and an RUC police officer was from Station Road, Desertmartin and was in the RUC for only eight months. Constable Caskey was on patrol in Londonderry's Diamond area. As Constable Caskey and a policewoman were walking along the street, a hijacked van pulled up alongside them and a gunman opened fire on them. The woman police officer was hit in the back and leg. She described the incident at the February 1983 inquest that she thought the van driver was looking for directions. She said as they were walking, the cab window opened and then the side door opened and she saw a hooded gunman in the crouching position. She said she shouted to Const. Caskey and then turned to look for cover when she heard three or four shots. She said she felt extreme pressure in her back and a burning sensation in the right calf. Const. Caskey died from his wounds. He joined the RUC in October 1981 and was stationed in Londonderry for three months.

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1 Manderwood Park, 1 Nuttfield Road
Lisnaskea
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