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SEFF remembers Ann Ogilby, murdered 46 yrs ago (24/7/74) by a gang of women attached to the Sandy Row unit of the UDA.
Ann was a single mother aged 32 years with 4 children.
Ann had moved to Belfast from Sion Mills, Co Tyrone on a date that has not been firmly established. She..
Ann was a single mother aged 32 years with 4 children.
Ann had moved to Belfast from Sion Mills, Co Tyrone on a date that has not been firmly established. She..
--was one of 13 children from a poor family. Described as a "very attractive girl" she embarked on a transient lifestyle, regularly changing her address & employment.
In about 1968 she became a single mother, having been made pregnant by a married regular soldier stationed in...
In about 1968 she became a single mother, having been made pregnant by a married regular soldier stationed in...
..NI who had abandoned her & their child after he was transferred to another duty station.
The murder became known as the "Romper Room murder", took place in Sandy Row, south Belfast. It was a punishment killing, carried out by members of the Sandy Row women's UDA.
The mother..
The murder became known as the "Romper Room murder", took place in Sandy Row, south Belfast. It was a punishment killing, carried out by members of the Sandy Row women's UDA.
The mother..
.. of 4, was beaten to death by 2 teenage girls after being sentenced to a "rompering" (UDA slang term for a torture session followed by a fatal beating) at a kangaroo court. Ann was said to have been having an affair with a married UDA 'commander,' William Young, who prior to...
.. his internment, had made her pregnant.
His wife, Elizabeth Young, was a member of the Sandy Row women's UDA unit. Ann was alleged to have had made defamatory remarks against Elizabeth Young in public regarding food parcels.
* weeks after Ann had given birth to Young's son,..
His wife, Elizabeth Young, was a member of the Sandy Row women's UDA unit. Ann was alleged to have had made defamatory remarks against Elizabeth Young in public regarding food parcels.
* weeks after Ann had given birth to Young's son,..
.. the women's terror unit decided that she would pay for both the affair & remarks with her life.
The day following the kangaroo court "trial", they arranged for the kidnapping of Ann and her 6-year-old daughter, Sharlene, outside a Social Services office by UDA man Albert...
The day following the kangaroo court "trial", they arranged for the kidnapping of Ann and her 6-year-old daughter, Sharlene, outside a Social Services office by UDA man Albert...
..."Bumper" Graham.
2 teenagers, Henrietta Cowan & Christine Smith, acting on the orders previously given them by the unit's leader, Elizabeth "Lily" Douglas, proceeded to savagely beat Ann to death with bricks & sticks.
As Ann screamed & pleaded for her life, Sharlene, who had.
2 teenagers, Henrietta Cowan & Christine Smith, acting on the orders previously given them by the unit's leader, Elizabeth "Lily" Douglas, proceeded to savagely beat Ann to death with bricks & sticks.
As Ann screamed & pleaded for her life, Sharlene, who had.
..already returned from the shop, overheard her mother being beaten & killed. A later autopsy report revealed that Ann had sustained 24 blows to the head & body, 14 of which caused a "severe fracture to the bulk of the skull".
The frenzied murder deeply shocked the community &...
The frenzied murder deeply shocked the community &...
..illustrated the shocking & depraved nature of violence supposed human beings could inflict upon each other within the parameters of control & orders handed down by terrorist organisations.
SEFF's thoughts and prayers are with the Ogilby family connection today and every day.
SEFF's thoughts and prayers are with the Ogilby family connection today and every day.
