Who Framed Colin Wallace?

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According to one of Craig's people [Craig Smellie, the top MI6 officer in the North of Ireland at the time], some of those involved, the Youngs, the Jacksons, Mulholland, Hanna, Kerr and McConnell were working closely with SB [Special Branch] and Int [Intelligence] at that time. Colin Wallace (born 2 October 1953 in Auckland) is a first-class cricketer who played three games for Auckland in the 1978–79 season. One of the news agencies to be given such information said: "So far this year we have been offered similar matter about some eleven MPs, a Conservative, two Liberals and eight Labour". His analyses and opinions, though derived partly from personal knowledge and partly from information gleaned since his time in Northern Ireland, should also be treated with seriousness and respect. Only a few months after learning of his diagnosis, Colin worked to earn a place on the British Cycling Para Programme.

That Inquiry would be led by a retired circuit judge, Judge William Hughes [23] and it was decided that "It will be up to the Inquiry and the eminent judge who will preside over it to examine anything which is relevant to the particular boy's home (Kincora), or to the other five boys' homes, and the circumstances which led up to the problems.

In 1981 three senior care staff at the home were jailed for abusing 11 boys but allegations of a wider ring with links in the political establishment have persisted. I tried to track down the source of these various stories which became embroidered as time passed, but there was nothing positive one could go on other than word of mouth gossip.

Some, like William McGrath, who was later jailed for child abuse at Kincora, were in an Orange lodge known as Ireland's Heritage. He remains intensely loyal to his country and to the Army: insofar as he has a quarrel, it is with individuals rather than the institutions concerned. His first international victory followed only a couple of weeks later, winning gold at Europe Triathlon Para Cup Bari, before silver at World Triathlon Para Cup Alanya.

Firstly the formatting of the large blocks of quoted text can be nigh on indistinguishable from the body of the text as the font size is barely 2 points smaller than the main text, if these section were indented slightly it may have emphasised the difference somewhat. Why have elected representatives, including MPs from Northern Ireland itself, been so reluctant to become involved in uncovering the truth? Colin Wallace joined the Ulster Defence Regiment in 1972 and served in the Province as a British Army Intelligence officer. The inquiry undertaken by Calcutt confirmed that Wallace had, indeed, been working for the intelligence services during the 1970s and that his enforced resignation from the Ministry of Defence had been made on the basis of a false job description designed to conceal his covert role in psychological warfare. MI5 accused Wallace of leaking information to the press about William McGrath, the leader of the Loyalist paramilitary group Tara, who had been sexually abusing children at the Kincora Boys' Home.

In 1974, Wallace's Army Annual Confidential Report described his performance in Northern Ireland as "outstanding" and said that he had made "one of the most effective personal contributions of any to the standing and reputation of the Army in these troubles. When King announced the setting up of the Inquiry by Calcutt, he was strongly challenged by MPs on all sides of the House, including both Nationalist and Unionist politicians from Northern Ireland. It was reported that Wallace had beaten antiques dealer Jonathan Lewis to death before attending a dinner party with the dead man's wife. It soon became a magnet for all sorts of scandal and intrigue: espionage, political, sexual, not to mention mysterious deaths. By the September of that year, Colin was racing in international paratriathlon for the first time, finishing sixth in the men’s PTS3 at World Triathlon Para Cup Alhandra.He became an established information officer from 14 December 1971 and a senior information officer with effect from 27 September 1974, having first held this latter post on temporary promotion. In 1974 Wallace and his colleagues received documents from the RUC showing that although some officers were aware that McGrath was a child abuser, they were obstructed from pursuing him. He then referred to a number of people as having been interviewed by British Army people for British military intelligence about McGrath and Kincora. Wallace joined the Ministry of Defence on 15 March 1968 as an assistant information officer for the British Army at its Northern Ireland headquarters at Thiepval Barracks in Lisburn. It’s not an easy place to pass people either, unclipping from the safety line with a 2,000m drop behind you is seriously not cool.