The campaign for truth for Robert Bradford and Kenneth Campbell continues

Ulster Unionist Party Leader Jon Burrows MLA has paid tribute to the Rev Robert Bradford MP and Kenneth Campbell, who were murdered by the IRA 45 years ago this weekend.

Jon Burrows said:

“On 14th November 1981, Rev Robert Bradford was holding his constituency surgery in Finaghy community centre, serving the people of South Belfast as he always did. An IRA gang murdered him there, along with Kenneth Campbell, the 29 year old caretaker of the centre.

“Robert was a husband, a father and a man of deep faith. Kenneth was a young man doing his job in his own community. Both had their lives stolen, and our thoughts this weekend are with their families.

“Some people still claim there was ‘no alternative’ to the IRA’s campaign. There is always an alternative to walking into a community centre and gunning down an elected representative and a caretaker. Nothing justified it then, and nothing justifies it now. We will not allow these murders to be rewritten or whitewashed.

“Forty five years on, no one has been brought to justice for their murders. Their families have waited far too long, but the campaign for truth continues, and the Ulster Unionist Party will stand with them until they get it.”