4 September 1980: Ross Hearst, 52-year-old Protestant civilian, married with 5 children was from Tynan, Co. Armagh. The IRA shot him and left his body on the roadside near his burnt out Vauxhall car. He was shot near the border at Middletown. Mr Hearst was abducted by 4 armed men as he was visiting a friend. He would visit his friend every Wednesday evening and they would attend a religious service on the other side of the border. After the service they went to a bar they normally went to before going back to the friends house. Upon returning to the friends home, they were approached by the gunmen who took Mr Hearst away and shot him 4 times. He was a member of the Glalough Orange Lodge. Margaret Ann Hearst, his daughter, was a part-time member UDR member and was killed in 1977 by the IRA. The IRA said they killed Mr Hearst because he had admitted under interrogation that he supplied the security forces. A chef from Monaghan was in 1983 given a life sentence in Dublin for Mr Hearsts killing. This case was the 2nd case under the 1976 Criminal Law Jurisdiction Act that allowed suspects who committed murder in Northern Ireland to be tried in the Irish Republic. LEST WE FORGET!
Posted on: Thu, 04 Sep 2014 12:46:23 +0000
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