Gusty Spence, who died on September 24 aged 78, was the founding father of the modern Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), but later renounced violence to seek a political solution in Northern Ireland.

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 men to repudiate ...

The family of the former UVF leader Gusty Spence is planning a funeral with the emphasis on his British army past rather than his time in the paramilitary group.

Matilda Gould, a 74-year-old Protestant grandmother, was one of the first victims of Gusty Spence's Shankill UVF gang back in 1966.

Gusty Spence's family continue campaign over Peter Ward murder THE family of UVF founder Gusty Spence have launched a fresh bid to clear his name over the murder of a Catholic teenager 50 years ago.

Feared Loyalist killer turned peacekeeper Gusty Spence has died in Belfast at the age of 78.

Northern Ireland's Gusty Spence, a former paramilitary leader turned peacemaker, died on Sunday at the age of 78.

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 organisation ...

Gusty Spence, the leader of the UVF at the time, was later jailed for Peter Ward's murder. But over the years Spence, later to become a loyalist peacemaker, always denied involvement.

The death of Gusty Spence marks the end of a remarkable chapter in the recent history of Northern Ireland, and of loyalism itself. He will be remembered as a man who played a pivotal role in the ...

AUGUSTUS GUSTY Spence, the man who resurrected and reformed the Ulster Volunteer Force, died yesterday in a Belfast hospital after being admitted almost two weeks ago. He was 78.

The family of the former UVF leader Gusty Spence is planning a funeral with the emphasis on his British army past rather than his time in the paramilitary group.