Paul Blake

Paul Blake 26 years, Jamaica Street, Ardoyne, north Belfast, shot dead in Berwick Road, Ardoyne, on 27 February 1981, by members of the Ulster Defence Association/Ulster Freedom Fighters. (UDA/UFF). Mr Blake was walking down Berwick Road when a car pulled along side him and gunmen inside the vehicle opened fire on him. 

Two men were convicted in 1983 for their role in the killing. Both said UDA leader Jim Craig gave them a small amount of money for the killing. Craig, who was shot dead in 1987, was believed to have been a long-standing Crown force agent.