Mark “Swinger” Fulton(c. 1961 – 10 June 2002) was aNorthern Irish loyalist. He was the leader of theLoyalist Volunteer Force(LVF), having taken over its command following the assassination ofBilly Wrightin theMaze Prisonin 1997 by members of theIrish National Liberation Army(INLA).
Fulton was alleged by journalistSusan McKayto have carried out a dozen sectarian killings in the 1990s. He also allegedly organized the murder of a Catholic lawyer,Rosemary Nelson, in 1999 while he was out of prison on compassionate leave. In 2002, he was found hanged in his cell atMaghaberry Prison, an apparent suicide. He was awaiting trial having been charged with conspiracy to murder a man from a rival loyalist paramilitary organisation. At the time of his death, Fulton was married with two children
Early years
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