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Last Updated: Tuesday, 2 December, 2003, 14:07 GMT
Petrol bomb attack on home

Mr George's conservatory was damaged in a petrol bomb attack

A Dunmurry man has blamed loyalist paramilitaries for a petrol bomb attack on his home.

Trevor George said it was the 36th time that his house had been targeted in the past few years.

Mr George, his wife and their daughter were in their house at Mossvale estate, near Seymour Hill, Dunmurry, on Monday at 2330 GMT when the attack happened.

Two devices were thrown at a conservatory. Two windows were damaged.

One of the petrol bombs did not ignite and has been taken away for examination.

Mr George told BBC Radio Ulster's Good Morning Ulster programme that his house had been attacked with paint, petrol bombs and fireworks in the past.

He blamed loyalist paramilitaries from the nearby Seymour Hill estate and said they had attacked the house because he was in a mixed marriage.

"My wife and I were watching the tv, I have a monitor that looks out on to the tow path where these attacks always come from.

"I saw the men lighting the petrol bombs and they hit my conservatory which burst into flames," he said.

"It is a terrible situation. I have been under attack for years from the same people because of a mixed marriage."

"It's been 36 attacks from the year 2,000."

Mr George said he had talked to the police and to Lisburn Council about the attacks.

"Get this UDA crowd out of that estate," he said.

"I would say the same to the police. They are talking to these people, making deals with them. Why?"

Mr George said he and his wife would not be intimidated out of their home.

"I'm staying and I'm not going anywhere. I bought the place, I like the place. Why should I move out for these hooligans?"

The PSNI said they were actively investigating the latest attack on Mr George's home.

"We are also looking at incidents going back a number of years concerning attacks on Mr George's property and general crime and anti-social behaviour in the Seymour Hill area," a police spokesman said.




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