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Raymond Irvine McCord〔Raymond McCord, ''Justice For Raymond'', Gill & Macmillan, 2008, p. 1〕 (born 23 December 1953〔) is a victims rights campaigner from Northern Ireland. McCord became involved in the issue of victims rights after his son, Raymond McCord, Jr., was killed by the loyalist paramilitary group the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) in 1997.〔("Raymond McCord calls for action over UVF" )''BBC News''〕 He is an outspoken critic of the UVF. ==Background== McCord, an Ulster Protestant, was born in the unionist York Road area of North Belfast. His family lived at 17 Grove Street until he was two when they moved to a new house in the recently built Rathcoole estate in Newtownabbey.〔McCord, ''Justice for Raymond'', pp. 1-2〕 As a youth McCord was educated first at Whitehouse Primary School and subsequently at Belfast High School.〔McCord, ''Justice for Raymond'', pp. 10-11〕 During his teenage years he played in an association football team ''Star of the Sea'' alongside future IRA member and hunger striker Bobby Sands.〔("What happened next after groundbreaking BBC NI documentaries?" )''BBC News'' 18 June 2012 Retrieved 12 November 2012〕 Although the club was nominally Catholic it also had many Protestant youths. Two of McCord's other team mates, Terry Nicholl and Michael Acheson, would both later join the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) and serve time in prison for offences related to their membership.〔McCord, ''Justice for Raymond'', p. 29〕 Most of the Protestant players left after the outbreak of the Troubles, although McCord remained and played for the senior side in the Northern Amateur Football League, alongside Marty Quinn.〔McCord, ''Justice for Raymond'', pp. 30-36〕 As a 17-year-old he had trials with Manchester United F.C., a club he continues to support, and Blackpool F.C., but was not offered terms by either club and did not pursue a career in football.〔McCord, ''Justice for Raymond'', p. 34〕 McCord had worked as a welder at Harland & Wolff and as a bouncer. In 1992 as a result of a dispute with the loyalist paramilitary group the Ulster Defence Association (UDA) he received a vicious beating from six UDA members in Rathcoole. He left Northern Ireland some time after to go to the US, returning in 1995. Upon his return he attempted to address the intimidation of his wife Vivienne and their three children: Raymond, Gareth and Glenn, by the UDA.〔("McCords UVF killers are unlikely to face justice" ) ''Belfast Telegraph'' 24 February 2012 Retrieved 12 November 2012〕 According to McCord his two youngest sons, who lived with their mother in Rathfern whilst Raymond Jnr. lived with him, were frequent victims of gang attacks from local UDA members.〔McCord, ''Justice for Raymond'', pp. 55-59〕 McCord's dispute with the UDA was linked to an incident with prominent UDA member John Gregg.〔("McCord loses bid to head up victims' body" )''Belfast Telegraph'' 24 April 2007 Retrieved 12 November 2012〕 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「Raymond McCord」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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