Killer of Billy Wright released from prison

One of the three INLA men jailed for life two years ago for the Maze Prison murder of Billy Wright was released from Magilligan…

One of the three INLA men jailed for life two years ago for the Maze Prison murder of Billy Wright was released from Magilligan Prison, Co Derry, yesterday, reports George Jackson.

John Glennon was freed yesterday morning. Today Christopher "Crip" McWilliams, who fired the shots which killed Wright, is also to be released from the prison, along

with the third member of the murder gang, John Kennaway.

All three were jailed for life in October 1998 for the murder of Wright, who was shot dead as he sat inside a prison minibus on his way to the jail's visiting area on December 27th, 1997.

An investigation into the killing has been conducted by the British-Irish Human Rights Group, whose findings will be issued in London next Wednesday.

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