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Henry 'Harry' Kirkpatrick (born c. 1958) is a former Irish National Liberation Army member turned informer against other members of the INLA. ==Arrest== In February 1983 Kirkpatrick was arrested on multiple charges including the murder of two policemen, two Ulster Defence Regiment soldiers, and Hugh McGinn, a Catholic member of the Territorial Army.〔''Five life terms...'';The Times; 4 Jun 1983; pg1 col G〕 Following his segregation from other Republican prisoners the INLA kidnapped his wife Elizabeth, in order to expose a deal they believed he was making with the Special Branch.〔''Wife seized by INLA'';The Times 17 May 1983; pg32 col A〕 They would later kidnap his sister and his stepfather too. All were released unharmed. INLA Chief of Staff Dominic McGlinchey is supposed to have carried out the execution of Kirkpatrick's lifelong friend Gerard 'Sparky' Barkley because it was believed that he may have revealed the whereabouts of the Kirkpatrick family members to the police.〔Lost Lives, 2007 edition, ISBN 1-84018-504-X〕 Despite the kidnap, in May 1983 ten men were charged with various offences based on evidence from Kirkpatrick. Those charged included Irish Republican Socialist Party vice-chairman Kevin McQuillan and former councillor Sean Flynn. IRSP chairman James Brown was charged with the murder of a police officer.〔Ulster Youths throw...''; The Times; 23 May 1983; pg2 col A〕 Others escaped; Jim Barr, an IRSP member named by Kirkpatrick as part of the INLA, fled to the USA where, having spent 17 months in jail, he won political asylum in 1993.〔USA v. James Barr: 84-CR-00272〕〔Greer 1990〕 27 people were convicted based on Kirkpatrick's statements on December 1985. 24 of these would have their convictions overturned by December 1986. Gerard Steenson was given five life sentences for the deaths of the same five individuals that Kirkpatrick himself had been convicted of. These included UDR soldier Colin Quinn, shot in Belfast in December 1980. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Harry Kirkpatrick」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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