UDA tried to kill leader Andy Tyrie ‘over links to rogue loyalist'
Late UDA godfather Andy Tyrie was targeted for murder by the terror gang over allegations he was receiving kickbacks from loyalist racketeer Jim Craig.
Details of the plot are revealed in prison journals written by Army agent Brian Nelson, who with the help of his handlers shipped South African weapons into Northern Ireland which were used in hundreds of UDA and UVF murders during the 1980s and 1990s.
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