The Five Demands

Kevin Crilly alla sbarra per il rapimento, la tortura e l’omicidio del Capitano Robert Nairac avvenuto nel maggio 1997

Fino ad ora erano 3 gli uomini giudicati colpevoli dell’omicidio di Robert Nairac, ma da sempre gli inquirenti avevano detto che qualcun altro si sarebbe aggiunto alla lista.
E così nel novembre 2009 scattarono le manette ai polsi di Kevin Crilly con l’accusa di omicidio, che si andava ad aggiungere a quelle di rapimento e falso imprigionamento.
L’imputato aveva già trascorso 30 anni della sua vita negli Stati Uniti.
Il Capitano Robert Nairac venne rapito dall’IRA nel maggio 1977 dal parcheggio di Three Steps Inn a Drumintee, vicino a Jonesborough e venne trasportato, attraversando il confine, in un campo isolato a Ravensdale, Co Louth. I suoi resti non sono mai stati ritrovati.

Nairac murder trial to begin (UTV)
A Co Armagh man is set to go on trial on Thursday accused of murdering a British Army officer over three decades ago.
Captain Robert Nairac was abducted and executed by the IRA in May 1977.
59-year-old Kevin Crilly, from Lower Foughill Road, Jonesborough, will go on trial on Thursday at Belfast Crown Court.
He was arrested three years ago charged with kidnapping and false imprisonment.
In November 2009, Crilly was also charged with Nairac’s murder of at Newry Magistrates Court during a bail hearing on the two previous charges.
Crilly had previously lived in America for almost three decades.
In the years after Nairac’s disappearance, three men were convicted of his murder, but police always said they were looking for more suspects.
Captain Nairac, originally from Gloucestershire, was a 29-year-old Grenadier Guardsman.
He was questioned, tortured and then shot dead after being snatched from the car park of the Three Steps Inn at Drumintee, near Jonesborough.
He was driven across the border to an isolated field at Ravensdale, Co Louth.
His remains have never been found.