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| UDA faction 'smashed mum's car' | |
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| A disabled mother-of-three has blamed a loyalist splinter group for an overnight attack on her car. | |
| The windscreen of Eleanor Kinkaid's vehicle was smashed outside her home in the Rathfern estate in Newtownabbey. | The windscreen of Eleanor Kinkaid's vehicle was smashed outside her home in the Rathfern estate in Newtownabbey. |
| The front window of her nephew's home was also smashed. No-one was injured in either attack. | The front window of her nephew's home was also smashed. No-one was injured in either attack. |
| She said the breakaway South East Antrim Brigade of the UDA was trying to "intimidate" her family into attending its parade in Rathcoole on Sunday. | |
| "They are really intimidating people to make sure they go to their Sunday parade tomorrow for Poppy Day. That's basically it. They just want people to know they have to be there," she said. | "They are really intimidating people to make sure they go to their Sunday parade tomorrow for Poppy Day. That's basically it. They just want people to know they have to be there," she said. |
| The UDA is expected to make a major announcement about its future on Sunday. | The UDA is expected to make a major announcement about its future on Sunday. |
| She said a breeze block had been thrown at the windscreen | She said a breeze block had been thrown at the windscreen |
| Ms Kinkaid said she had been asleep on Friday night when she heard a bang outside. | Ms Kinkaid said she had been asleep on Friday night when she heard a bang outside. |
| It was the next morning before she realised that a breeze block had been thrown at the windscreen of her car. | It was the next morning before she realised that a breeze block had been thrown at the windscreen of her car. |
| "I was in total shock," she said. | "I was in total shock," she said. |
| "That (car is) my lifeline, I use that everyday. I am disabled and I am in a wheelchair. I can't get out without it. | "That (car is) my lifeline, I use that everyday. I am disabled and I am in a wheelchair. I can't get out without it. |
| "It's the south east Antrim UDA that's intimidating me." | "It's the south east Antrim UDA that's intimidating me." |
| She said her family had received death threats from the south east Antrim UDA in the past. | She said her family had received death threats from the south east Antrim UDA in the past. |