Alexander Reid

Alexander Reid 20 years, Ardoyne, north Belfast, taken from a taxi on the Shankill Road and beaten to death by UDA/UFF gang on 4 January 1980.

Mr Reid and a friend had been in Belfast city centre and decided to take a black taxi home along the Shankill Road; however, when the vehicle stopped near a loyalist club the two young men were pulled from the vehicle. Mr Reid’s friend was able to wrestle himself free from his captures and ran off. Mr Reid was then taken into a back alleyway and beaten to death with breezeblocks.