Maurice Gibson
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Lord Justice Maurice Gibson PC was the second most senior judge in Northern Ireland who was murdered in an IRA attack along with his wife Lady Cecily Gibson.
The couple were killed by a Provisional Irish Republican Army remote-controlled car bomb as they drove over the Irish Border back into Northern Ireland on 27 April 1987 after a holiday.
As the judge's car reached the border, he stopped to shake hands with the Garda security escort who had completed their part of the assignment. The couple had only a short drive to meet the RUC escort to Belfast.
Between the two points lay the bomb. The explosion threw the Gibson's vehicle across the road, killing the couple immediately [1].
The case was investigated by the Cory Collusion Inquiry into cases of collusion between security forces and paramilitaries after persistent questions over whether the Garda had tipped off the IRA of the Gibson's travel arrangements.
Cory found no evidence to warrant a public inquiry into the incident.
[edit] References
- Harnden, Toby. Bandit Country: The IRA and South Armagh, Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, 1999, paperback 404 pages, ISBN 034071736X
- Cory Collusion Inquiry Report - Lord Justice Gibson and Lady Gibson 07 October 2003
