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NI: N Ireland: Murder suspects are ex-UDR/RIR

01 March 1998

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Three of the four suspects arrested for the murder of Phillip Allen and Damien Trainor, who were taken in as they sat in a bar in Poyntzpass, served with the Ulster Defence Regiment or its successor, the Royal Irish Regiment. First reports suggested that all four suspects had military careers but Armed Forces Minister, Dr Reid, has stated that his department has no record of David Keys having served with the UDR or RIR. Keys was found murdered in his cell in the LVF wing at the Maze prison one week after being charged with the killings. The latter do have service careers, however. Stephen McClean and Ryan Robley joined the UDR in 1988. McClean was discharged from the RIR (as the UDR became in 1992) in September 1993. Robley stayed on until July 1994. The remaining suspect, Noel McCready, joined the UDR in January 1989 and was discharged just over a year later in April 1990.

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