Robert John Jackson, also known as The Jackal, was a Northern Irish loyalist paramilitary and part-time soldier. He was a senior officer in the Ulster Volunteer Force during The Troubles in Northern I
Jackson with the Ulster Banner behind him
Site of the Miami Showband killings which occurred on 31 July 1975. Jackson was implicated in this attack which left three band members and two UVF men dead
The village of Ahoghill, County Antrim, where the William Strathearn killing took place
The interior of Crumlin Road Prison in Belfast. Following his arrest in 1979 for possession of guns, ammunition, and hoods, Jackson was remanded in custody to the prison to await trial
Owen Martin O'Hagan was an Irish investigative journalist from Lurgan, Northern Ireland. After leaving the Official Irish Republican Army and serving time in prison, he began a 20-year journalism care
Robin Jackson
…Liam Clarke suggested the killing of Billy Hanna was the only killing Jackson ever regretted, admitting it had been "unfair" to kill him. Journalist Martin O'Hagan had been in the process of writing a book about Jackson but O'Hagan's assassination by the LVF in 2001 prevented its completion. Along with Billy Hanna…
Press kit photo of O'Hagan