SEFF remembers Patrick Crossan, 34, married, 2 kids, RC bus driver from Ladbrook Dr, Ardoyne, murdered by UVF on 2/3/73. Shot when he stopped his bus to collect passengers. As he was talking to another bus driver, 2 gunmen fired shots hitting his cab. He was hit in the heart & .. 
ungs. His colleague was hit in the hand but wasn't seriously injured. Patrick was doa at hospital.
Patrick who lived for his ‘family, community & chapel’ had always made light of sectarianism, ridiculing it in his workplace. His family believe that was enough for him to be ...
Patrick who lived for his ‘family, community & chapel’ had always made light of sectarianism, ridiculing it in his workplace. His family believe that was enough for him to be ...
..branded a target.
His wife Maureen describes sickening hate mail that claimed to be from his murderers in the wake of his killing, boasting they would never be caught. These were passed on to the RUC.
There passengers on the bus, inc school children.
Patrick was in the ....
His wife Maureen describes sickening hate mail that claimed to be from his murderers in the wake of his killing, boasting they would never be caught. These were passed on to the RUC.
There passengers on the bus, inc school children.
Patrick was in the ....
Ardoyne Peace Corps, an organisation that helped people on either side of the sectarian divide. Reliable loyalist sources said the UVF waa responsible.
Pat's brother Francis was also murdered by loyalist terrorists, the deaths occurring just 2 yrs apart.
In Nov/75 Francis was..
Pat's brother Francis was also murdered by loyalist terrorists, the deaths occurring just 2 yrs apart.
In Nov/75 Francis was..
making his way to his home in W Belfast when he was picked up & brutally murdered by the Shankill Butchers. At this time the Butchers were well established & at large. The 34 yr old father of 2 was involved in organising cross-community holidays for young people.
His badly ...
His badly ...
..beaten & mutilated body was found in an entry off Tennent St. His throat had been cut.
Maureen Crossan said of her brother-in-law: “His father brought him home to Ardoyne.
“They couldn’t open the coffin because he was that badly mutilated.
“It was only 2 years before that ..
Maureen Crossan said of her brother-in-law: “His father brought him home to Ardoyne.
“They couldn’t open the coffin because he was that badly mutilated.
“It was only 2 years before that ..
.. my husband was killed. They had another brother Desmond killed in a car accident – that was three brothers killed.”
SEFF's thoughts and prayers are with all innocents impacted by the brutal sectarian murder of Patrick and also of his brother Francis
SEFF's thoughts and prayers are with all innocents impacted by the brutal sectarian murder of Patrick and also of his brother Francis
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