Shot loyalist ‘to return to jail’
An alleged leading loyalist shot six times will be returned to prison when he is released from hospital, a judge has ruled.
Mark Haddock, 36, survived being shot six times in Newtownabbey on 30 May.
Mr Haddock’s bail was revoked by Belfast Crown Court judge Mr Justice Hart.
He said when Mr Haddock was shot he had made a “deliberate, significant and indeed, flagrant breach of his bail conditions” by being in the area.
He is currently awaiting judgement in relation to the attempted murder of Ballyclare pub doorman Trevor Gowdy.
Mr Haddock, from Mount Vernon Park in north Belfast, is currently in the Royal Victoria Hospital receiving treatment after the murder bid, allegedly carried out by his former comrades in the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF).
“It has been repeatedly stated by the courts where there are breaches of bail conditions, other than trivial or perhaps excusable circumstances, the almost inevitable result is that they will have their bail revoked and returned to prison,” the judge told Thursday’s court hearing.
Mr Gowdy was found unconscious in the Monkstown estate, Newtownabbey, in December 2002.
