Oliver Gibson

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Oliver Gibson
Oliver Gibson
In office
1998 – 2003
Constituency West Tyrone
Born June 28, 1934 (1934-06-28) (age 73)
Beragh, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Political party Democratic Unionist Party

Oliver Gibson (born 28 June 1934 in Beragh, Co. Tyrone) is a founding member of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP).

Gibson is a retired DUP councillor for West Tyrone [1]. He also served as an MLA for West Tyrone in the first session of the Assembly. He is a former teacher and was an officer in the UDR.

His niece Esther Gibson was one of the 29 victims killed in the 1998 Omagh bombing [2].

In 1999, David Jordan, a former Ulster Defence Regiment soldier, broke down in a bar and claimed to be part of a patrol that killed nationalist councillor Patsy Kelly in 1974. Jordan also implicated Gibson in the murder. Jordan was never formally questioned in relation to the matter and no charges have been brought against Gibson[3].

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  1. ^ Press Releases - Chairman says farewell, Omagh District Council website
  2. ^ The Omagh Bomb - List of Those Killed CAIN Web Service
  3. ^ Report in Impartial Reporter, 8 November 2001; "Former UDR man faces quiz on murder", Irish Independent, 30 July 2003; Judgement in the Matter of an Application by Teresa Kelly for Judicial Review to the High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland; "Lost Justice: Who killed Patsy Kelly?", broadcast on 27 November 2001, ITV.
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