William James "Jim" Fulton (born 25 November 1968) is a Northern Irish loyalist. He was a volunteer in the Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF), the paramilitary organisation founded by Billy Wright and commanded by his brother Mark "Swinger" Fulton until the latter's death in 2002.
Fulton was born in Portadown, County Armagh, Northern Ireland in 1968. He is a son of Jim "Swinger" Fulton, a former British soldier, who worked as a window cleaner. His mother, Sylvia Prentice, came from a family of wealthy car dealers. Fulton was convicted in 2006 for several LVF-related crimes and sentenced to life in prison. Under British law, he will have to serve at least 28 years. He was convicted of ordering the 1999 murder of Elizabeth O'Neill, a Protestant whose home was attacked with a pipe bomb because she was married to a Catholic. He was also found guilty of seven attempted murders - four of them arising from a homemade grenade attack on riot police during the Drumcree protests in 1998 - two drug offences, possession of a handgun used to murder Catholic taxi driver Michael McGoldrick in 1996, and around 40 other charges. His associate is leading loyalist Muriel Gibson, who was indicted along with him.[1][2]
Much of the evidence against Fulton consisted of claims he had made to undercover police officers while living in England. At his trial he claimed that he had lied in order to impress the officers, believing they were petty criminals.
James Fulton is the younger brother of Mark ‘Swinger’ Fulton, who took over command of the LVF after the assassination of Billy Wright in 1997. Mark Fulton purportedly committed suicide in 2002 while in Maghaberry prison.
Fulton is married and has several children.