CONFLICT RELATED DEATHS
2010

Date

Name

Age

Sex

Reli-gion

Affili-ation

Alleged Perpe-trator

Location Town / Area

Location County / Country

Details

Category

Arrests / Prosecutions

Sources

His body was found at 10:30 pm by a member of the public.  A priest visited him and gave him the last rites. [1] Both Sinn Fein and the SDLP visited the scene. [2] 

He was last seen leaving his home at 8:00pm on Wednesday.    In November 2009, he gave an interview to a local paper in which he claimed he had been approached by MI5. [3]  He had previously served time in prison and, according to his family, was under “continuous harassment” from MI5. [4]

The Real IRA claimed responsibility for the murder and said he “was a senior member of our organisation who was executed because he became involved with a criminal gang with links to the drug trade”. [5]  The murder was claimed in a coded telephone call to a local journalist. [6]

His family issued a statement in which they said that “we repeat that he neither an informer nor a criminal.  He was never in his life associated with drugs”.  [7]

[1] Shot man found in Londonderry, Newsletter, 25 February 2010

[2] Politicians condemn gun murder, Belfast Telegraph, 25 February 2010 

[3]   Derry shooting victim named as Ciaran Doherty, BBC News, 25 Feb 2010

[4] Derry family hit out at MI5, Ulster TV news, 27 February 2010

[5] Priest says family of Derry victim ‘in anguish’, by George Jackson and Gerry Moriarty, Irish Times, 27 February 2010 

[6]  MI5 ‘made approach to Real IRA assassination victim’ by Brendan McDaid, Belfast Telegraph, 26 February 2010

[7] Real IRA victim ‘not an informer’, Belfast Telegraph, 26 February 2010

Belfast

Bobby Moffett was shot dead on the Shankill Road shortly before 1pm. [1]  Eyewitnesses said he was shot in the face by two masked gunmen. [3] Four shots were fired. [3] The perpetrators ran off down Conway Street. [1]

Bobby Moffett was understood to be a member of the Red Hand Commando. [1]  He had been expelled from the organisation, before the standing-down process began in May 2007. [2] He had previously had a run-in with a senior UDA figure; the UDA had subsequently asked for Bobby Moffet to be shot but the RHC had refused. [2] The motive for this attack was believed to be the fact he had fallen out with loyalist figures. [3]

A 40 year old man was arrested. [4] 

Two men, aged 31 and 25, are being questioned by police. [5]

Two men, aged 35 and 49, who were arrested in connection with the murder were unconditionally released. [6]

[1] Loyalist Bobby Moffet shot dead on Belfast’s Shankill Road, Belfast Telegraph, 28 May 2010

[2] A violent, drug-addled ex-terrorist who had made many enemies, by Brian Rowan, Belfast Telegraph, 29 May 2010

[3] Shankill shooting victim ‘fell out’ with other loyalists, Belfast Telegraph, 29 May 2010

[4] Man arrested in Belfast over Shankill UVF shooting, BBC News, 29 May 2010

[5] Moffett murder: mother brands killers ‘scum’, by Michael McHugh, Belfast Telegraph, 1 June 2010

[6] Post-murder meetings indicates UVF ceasefire under scrutiny, by Barry McCaffrey, Irish News, 1 June 2010