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Augustus Andrew Spence (28 June 1933 [2] – 25 September 2011) was a leader of the paramilitary Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) and a leading loyalist politician in Northern Ireland. One of the first UVF members to be convicted of murder, Spence was a senior figure in the organisation for over a decade.
Sep 25, 2011 · The former loyalist paramilitary leader Gusty Spence has died in hospital. The 78-year-old had been ill for some time. In the 1960s, he founded the modern Ulster Volunteer Force, an...
Gusty Spence (1933-2011) was a Loyalist paramilitary figure, best known as a founding member and leader of the Ulster Volunteer Force or UVF.
Gusty Spence was one of modern Belfast's earliest Loyalist gunmen, helping start the group which killed the first three victims of the Troubles. He was also the first of the hard...
Sep 25, 2011 · Gusty Spence, the man who was found guilty of one of the first loyalist murders during the Northern Ireland Troubles - but transformed himself into a champion of peace, has died at the age of 78.
Sep 25, 2011 · Gusty Spence was a loyalist paramilitary leader who played a key role in the Troubles and the peace process. He joined the UVF in 1965, was imprisoned for murder, and later became a political leader and a champion of decommissioning.