26 Facts About Muriel Gibson

Muriel Gibson was born on 29 September 1949 and was a leading Northern Irish loyalist who was a member of the Loyalist Volunteer Force.

Muriel Gibson was acquitted of murdering a Catholic council worker, Adrian Lamph, in 1998, but convicted in January 2007 and sentenced to eight years imprisonment for destroying evidence following the 1998 murder, impeding the arrest and prosecution of his killers, and LVF membership.

Muriel Gibson was found guilty of withholding information regarding a shooting, possession of firearms, detonators and pipe bombs.

Muriel Gibson's co-accused, LVF leader Jim Fulton, was convicted of directing the 1999 murder of Elizabeth O'Neill, along with a series of other offences, and sentenced to life imprisonment.

Muriel Gibson was charged with possession of a controlled drug in 1969 at Bow Street Magistrates' Court when she was 19 years old.

Muriel Gibson became involved in loyalist paramilitary activities in December 1991, shortly after her return to Northern Ireland from her sojourn in the United States and imprisonment.

Muriel Gibson became a member of the new loyalist paramilitary organisation.

In June 1997 the LVF was proscribed by the British Government and six months later, Wright was shot dead at the Maze Prison by the Irish National Liberation Army ; Muriel Gibson acted as one of Wright's pallbearers at his funeral.

Muriel Gibson was shot in the head at close range by an LVF gunman on a mountain bike wearing a red scarf over his face.

Muriel Gibson later claimed she came upon the naked gunman in an alleyway.

Muriel Gibson took away the gun used in the shooting and hid it, while another LVF member burned his clothing to destroy evidence.

Muriel Gibson arranged for the bike to be thrown into the river.

In 1999, Muriel Gibson got into a violent street altercation with Mid-Ulster UVF brigadier Richard Jameson, who slapped her forcefully in the face after he had accused her of involvement in drugs.

Muriel Gibson left Northern Ireland the same year along with two of her daughters, and transferred to England.

Muriel Gibson first took up residence at a bed-and-breakfast in Plymouth, Devon but shortly afterwards moved to Cornwall.

Muriel Gibson admitted to having extorted money by threatening the owners and workers of local Portadown building sites and bars.

Muriel Gibson had returned from a holiday in Portugal when she was arrested and brought from Cornwall to London for questioning.

At the Craigavon Magistrates Court, Muriel Gibson was accused of the murder of Adrian Lamph and Rain was charged with an arson attack and causing an explosion.

Muriel Gibson pleaded not guilty, while Rain refused to answer the plea.

Muriel Gibson faced a total of 11 charges, including the murder of Lamph and conspiring to cause explosions in the Republic of Ireland, all of which she denied.

Muriel Gibson claimed in her defence that she had lied to the undercover police officers in an effort to impress them.

Muriel Gibson's taped conversations with the undercover police officers in England were presented at court.

Muriel Gibson was convicted of LVF membership, withholding information about a shooting, and possession of firearms, detonators and pipe bombs.

Muriel Gibson had brought the pipe bombs to Drumcree after collecting them from Frankie Curry, an independent loyalist dissident who was noted for his expertise as a bomb maker.

Muriel Gibson was sentenced by Mr Justice Harte in January 2007 to eight years imprisonment.

Muriel Gibson's co-accused Jim Fulton received a life sentence for directing the pipe-bomb killing of Elizabeth O'Neill and a series of other offences, including seven attempted murders.