Son of terror figure Johnny Adair dies

The son of Johnny '˜Mad Dog' Adair has died.
By The Newsroom
Published 11th Sep 2016, 18:11 BST
Updated 15th Sep 2016, 16:16 BST
Johnny Adair moved his family to Scotland after a loyalist feudJohnny Adair moved his family to Scotland after a loyalist feud
Johnny Adair moved his family to Scotland after a loyalist feud

Jonathan Adair, 32, known as ‘Mad Pup’, was found dead at a house in Troon on Saturday.

The Adair family settled in Ayrshire after Johnny Adair – formerly a major figure in the UDA, based in Belfast’s lower Shankill – was forced to flee his home in Belfast during a loyalist feud.

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It is understood that Jonathan Adair had recently been released from jail.

He had been convicted over a decade ago of selling heroin.

Last December, the Scottish newspaper the Daily Record said he had been jailed for flouting a driving ban, and a year before that it said he had been jailed for “running amok” in a flat after a woman refused to sell him cannabis.

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