He followed the reports and walked up to an area of waste ground off Penny Lane, 200 yards away. The RUC man said later, in their hotel, they were having a drink with some French officers when one revealed his girlfriend worked at the station and he could get her to copy the tape as long as she was granted anonymity. According to theBBCandThe Independentthe men were also tortured. if (cookieValue) { } The priest then heard shots further up the road. Corporal Woods father, also called Derek, who is now dead, was moved to say in 1998: I have no shred of comfort in thinking that the death of those two lads helped the peace process. !subscriberCookie.subscriptionStatus ? vars.article.userWall = ! Receive today's headlines directly to your inbox every morning and evening, with our free daily newsletter. After a while a man came in behind me and said Look Father, that man is dead. The soldiers were then dragged from the car, beaten, and taken to nearby waste ground where they were stripped and shot dead. Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies. premium_content: false, Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in, Find your bookmarks in your Independent Premium section, under my profile. [16] PA The coffins of Corporals David Howes and Derek Wood are carried off an RAF Hercules by 12 of their comrades in 1988. if (isGrantedBy('whitelist_rule')) { vars.article.wallVisible = 'false'; Debt-ridden couple killed their dog and then shot themselves dead with shotgun on the day they were due to Was it all for the cameras? But that was not the whole picture. } Murphy received a further 83 years, and Maguire 79 years, for bodily harm, falsely imprisoning the soldiers, and possessing a gun and ammunition. "And above all of that, he loved his family. In the programme John Ware, the reporter, commented: 'The film shows without any doubt that Kane's admission to the police is false. if (element.tagName === 'BODY' && ! [2][11][14] A search revealed that the men were British Army soldiers. subscriptionStartDate: '', const selectedRegional = localStorage.getItem('selectedRegionals'); The car containing two British army corporals, Derek Wood and David Howes, as it drove into a funeral . [2][3] Three days before, loyalist Michael Stone had attacked an IRA funeral and killed three people. As "a very active volunteer" he was returned to prison on more than one occasion. Physically there was not a way [for British soldiers] to get through without it turning into a major armed incident. I have spoken to former Army special operations officers who were on duty in Ulster that day. Corporal Derek Wood produces a weapon as he tries to hold back the crowd. He was also stabbed four times in the back of the neck and had multiple injuries to other parts of his body. childList: true, } else { } subscriptionStatus: 'Corporate', He was jailed for life for the murder alongside Harry Maguire, but the two were released under the Good Friday Agreement. When the car was surrounded and the windows smashed, those surrounding attempted to drag the soldiers out. So I started to try to give him the kiss of life. Contemporary TV and photographic footage from the large media presence shows the funeral cortege advancing slowly along Andersonstown Road towards Milltown Cemetery, headed by a number of the black taxis favoured by the IRA. Our volunteers forcibly removed the two men from the crowd and, after clearly ascertaining their identities from equipment and documentation, we executed them. 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Wood climbed part of the way out of a window, firing a shot in the air which briefly scattered the crowd. } const flipPayJsUrl = 'https://cdn.flip-pay.com/clients/inm/flip-pay.js'; const isGrantedBy = function (grant) { const subscriberCookie = JSON.parse(getCookie(subscriberCookieName) || '{}'); IRA man Alex Murphy who killed corporals 'unrepentant', funeral told, The coffin of Alex Murphy is carried along the Falls Road in west Belfast, The funeral of Alex Murphy takes place on the Falls road in west Belfast August 19th 2019 (Photo by Kevin Scott for Belfast Telegraph), More snow forecast for Northern Ireland on Wednesday night, but Met Office says cold snap will move away over weekend, Top pizza chain set to open new restaurant in Belfast, Man who was raped by three men in Belfast concerned after anti-immigration protest, Well-off people in the know get free money while those who need it lose out, Body of man which lay undiscovered for 20 years in derelict Cork house now identified, Latest Stormont powersharing deadline set to fall, Co Antrim FA to review medical cover at Shield Finals after Linfields David Walsh had to wait an hour for an ambulance following horror injury, I suffered a blowout fracture to my eye, a broken nose and nerve damage, but I count my blessings, says ex-Northern Ireland U21 goalkeeper Conor Brennan, Levelling-up funding of 71m unveiled to boost 10 projects in Northern Ireland, Belfast Giants on the verge of Challenge Cup Final after dominating first leg win over the Guildford Flames, Nursing strike enters second day as health leaders prepare for biggest walkout, King asks for Crown Estate wind farm profits to be used for public good, Two in five GPs face verbal abuse on daily basis poll, New SAS: Who Dares Wins recruit hopes to raise awareness of deaf people on show, Rise in number of antisemitic incidents at universities reported to charity, Government should appoint special mental health tsar, say MPs and peers, Celtic Connections performers tune up for 30th anniversary concert, Rise in vape sales to children alarms Trading Standards officers, Worrying picture for retail and tourism services over price rises survey, The Belfast Telegraph is a member of IPSO and. Journalist Mary Holland recalled seeing one of the men being dragged past a group of journalists: "He didn't cry out, just looked at us with terrified eyes, as though we were all enemies in a foreign country who wouldn't have understood what language he was speaking if he called out for help. A Room With A View star Julian Sands, 65, is missing in Californian mountain range: Urgent search is under No one likes a complainer! document.head.append(script); August 20 2019 07:10 AM Police are reviewing footage following a paramilitary-style funeral in west Belfast for an IRA man convicted of killing two corporals in 1988. Three people were killed and more than 60 wounded, one of the dead being IRA member Caoimhn Mac Brdaigh. Later that day the IRA issued a triumphalist statement: The Belfast Brigade IRA claims responsibility for the execution in Andersonstown this afternoon of two SAS members, who launched an attack on the funeral cortege of our comrade volunteer Kevin Brady. As with so many statements about the affair, it simply wasnt true. try { }; We were all very, very angry that night. They were jailed for life in 1989, with a recommendation of a minimum 25 years. 11 witnesses who had been shown the video identified Murphy and Maguire. It was at best a semi-fiction, which was maintained even to the mens families. Boards are the best place to save images and video clips. Their parent unit was the Royal Corps of Signals. The corporals were eventually pulled from the car and punched and kicked to the ground. // Regionals Container Grow your brand authentically by sharing brand content with the internets creators. David Robert Howes (23) and Derek Tony Wood (24) were corporals in the British Army's Royal Corps of Signals. The new arrival was being shown the routes and places to pick up and drop off equipment and documents for 14 Int. "No amount of persuasion would change their mind. } The soldiers (wearing civilian clothes, both armed with Browning Hi-Power pistols and in a civilian car) drove into the funeral procession of an IRA member. In November 1998, Murphy and Maguire were released from the Maze prison as part of the early prisoner release scheme under theGood Friday Agreement. In the only reference to Murphy's role in the corporals' deaths, Mr Reid said the killing of three IRA members by the SAS in March 1988 "set off a chain of events which would result in Alec again finding himself inside a prison cell, he was charged with murder and sentenced to 25 years imprisonment on June 1, 1989". I can't sit beside Pat Kane and say 'That man consciously murdered or was part of a conspiracy to murder or part of a common purpose to murder.' And I went up to the one nearest me and he seemed still to be breathing. Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. } But as part of the Good Friday agreement they were among scores of murderers who were freed in 1998. return 'none'; Travel chaos expected at the Port of Dover because FRENCH workers are taking part in a 'National Day of Bad news, men 'winter penis' might be real after all, doctors say. Sitting in the car really wasnt a sensible option. The real face of IRA violence was shown. if (eventType === 'access_resolved' || eventType === 'access_resolved ') { window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; He said Murphy was unrepentant, adding that he "never tried to sanitise his involvement in the liberation struggle". 'none' : 'registration'; According to photographer David Cairns, although photographers were having their films taken by the IRA, he was able to keep his by quickly leaving the area after taking a photograph of Reid kneeling beside the almost naked body of Howes, administering the last rites. A graphic photo of Fr Alec Reid kneeling to give the last rites beside Mr Howe's body has become one of the most harrowing images of the Troubles. The car headed straight towards the front of the funeral, which was headed by several black taxis. What's the damp' TikTok trend and could it change your drinking habits? Indeed, after their murders on March 19 at Bradys funeral the Army said they had merely been engaged in routine maintenance work on a transmitter. Everyone thought immediately that this was another loyalist attack, he said. The two soldiers were dragged from their car on west Belfast's Andersonstown Road by mourners attending the funeral of Caoimhn Mac Brdaigh, one of three people killed by loyalist Michael Stone at Milltown cemetery a few days previously. They were so disciplined. Believing the soldiers were loyalists intent on repeating Stones attack,dozens of people surrounded and attacked their car. "They were able to get a very good photographic image of a guy called Harry Maguire who was in the front passenger seat. } else if (Object.keys(p.badge || {}).indexOf('epaper-access') > -1) { Men with erectile dysfunction who take Viagra are 25% less likely to Do not sell or share my personal information. Desperation: Corporal Wood, with a gun in his hand, is pictured moments before he was dragged from his car by members of the crowd. There they were shot several times. A man is on the VWs roof smashing the windscreen with a wheel brace. America dumps Prince Harry and Meghan Markle - as his approval rating drops 45 James Martin warns This Morning viewers why they should NEVER store their eggs in the fridge. How the murders were reported on the front page of the Mail on Sunday. He and others begin to try to haul Corporal Howes out. meteredAccess: purchase.metered_paywall, And why, with the world watching, couldnt they have been saved? Maguire was released a decade later under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement and went on to become director of the group Community Restorative Justice Ireland based in west Belfast. Sir Brian Hutton, sentencing, said, "All murders are brutal, but the murders of Corporal Howes and Corporal Wood were particularly savage and vicious . subscriptionStatus: purchase.granted_by_app_purchase.sku_code, const script = document.createElement('script'); They didn't want to get involved as a media outlet to compromise their role. It shouldnt have been a problem. They in no way reflect my own opinions and I take no responsibility for any inaccuracies or factual errors. . He added: "But like many before him, it was clear that Alec's type of service was no longer needed and he was sidelined and became disillusioned. This is not OK Corral weaponry. A nationalist MP was later to tell the House of Commons: What happened to the two soldiers was. Butt out Biden! }); } Believing the soldiers were loyalists intent on repeating Stone's attack, dozens of people surrounded and attacked their car. vars.article.userWall = 'none'; subtree: true, That in turn led to the double lynching of the British corporals an act of such barbarity that the wider world awoke to the true horror of the Troubles in Northern Ireland. } else if (Object.keys(p.badge || {}).indexOf('premium-plus') > -1) { Here they were again beaten and stripped to their underpants and socks by a small group of men. 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