Former-UDA man Jim Spence, who has always denied links with the murder of solicitor Pat Finucane, has sold his £275,000 house on the Woodvale Road in West Belfast before fleeing to England.

Meanwhile, down on Sandy Row, Billy ‘Beachball’ McCune has returned to his home stomping ground after making a deal with the UDA’s Jackie McDonald.

The decision to allow McCune, not believed to be a UDA member at all, to return after he was caught with a cache of paramilitary guns back in March has angered and spooked fellow loyalists in the area.

Bedroom in the house up for sale

McCune, who is seen by senior loyalists as a joke figure, returned despite kidnap attempts at his bail address.

Over in the east, Newtownards UDA boss Adrian Price has been in court following his failure to stop for a police checkpoint amidst a feud that ripped through North Down back in April.

Speaking in court, he said that the checkpoint he was supposed to stop at “didn’t exist”.

The Sunday World’s Northern Editor, Richard Sullivan, reports on the recent dealings of this anarchic terror and crime group.

UDA soap opera continues

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