Gary ‘Smickers’ Smith was Johnny ‘Mad Dog’ Adair’s deputy on the Shankill.
As a UFF hitman, he was involved in over 20 sectarian murders, including the killings of two innocent council workers in Andersonstown in 1993.
Adair says he cut ties with Smith over 12 years ago but admitted, “Put a gun in his hand and he was very dangerous”.
The killer lived in exile in Scotland upon his release from the Maze prison.
Last year he was convicted of sexual communications with a 12-year-old boy – he narrowly avoided jail.
He died at the start of this month aged 60.
In this episode of The BelTel, Ciarán Dunbar is joined by Sunday World Reporter Hugh Jordan to unfold the life and crimes of Gary Smith.
The life and crimes of UFF hitman and Johnny ‘Mad Dog’ Adair sidekick Gary ‘Smickers’ Smith
