Ulster Volunteer Force
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The Ulster Volunteer Force is an Ulster loyalist paramilitary group based in Northern Ireland. Formed in 1965, it first emerged in 1966. Its first leader was Gusty Spence, a former British Army soldie
A UVF flag in Glenarm, County Antrim
The UVF received large numbers of Czechoslovak Sa vz. 58 automatic rifles in the 1980s
A UVF mural in Carrickfergus
Masked UVF Brigade Staff members at a press conference in October 1974. They are wearing part of the UVF uniform which earned them their nickname "Blacknecks"
Robin Jackson
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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