A loyalist hitman jailed for the “chilling execution” of a Catholic taxi driver has been irrationally denied the opportunity of an early release, the High Court has heard.
Michael McGoldrick was murdered at the height of the Drumcree parading dispute in 1996. Picture by Pacemaker
LOYALIST murder victim Michael McGoldrick s mother Bridie still remembers laughing with her son and husband days before his killing 25 years ago.
Then aged 31, with one young daughter and a son due in a few months, Michael had worked hard to get his English and politics degree from Queen s University in Belfast.
He had worked as a taxi driver during his studies and had planned to become a teacher. On the Wednesday before his graduation Michael got his hair cut, really cropped, Mrs McGoldrick said.