REDDIT POST

I have been sent screenshots of what I believe to be the original public Reddit post made by Ray Finerty’s ex-girlfriend in complaint of his behaviour. Ray makes reference to it in his conversation with Mark (see prior post ‘Demesne Audio’). The post was made to the popular forum ‘Two X Chromosomes’ (r/TwoXChromosomes on Reddit). This is a subreddit that focuses on women’s experiences, often from a feminist perspective.

CCTV FOOTAGE

This is footage taken from a CCTV feed at McCarthy’s place of work, when he was on duty. He claims he was followed by these men and that they are the ‘brothers’ referenced in the previous conversation with Ray Finerty. The flashing lights are floodlights, deployed as a deterrent to warn off individuals who may not know they are at an Army base. Bases in Northern Ireland are often situated in unremarkable locations, like the end of a cul-de-sac, in the city. They are designed to go unnoticed to the general public.

DEMESNE HOUSE AUDIO

I don’t know what to make of this audio clip, but I am extremely grateful to the individual who passed it on to me. I’ve ascertained that the soldier (an army guard, I have learned - this is why he was carrying a PPW whilst off duty) is a man called Mark McCarthy. And he was living at Demesne House, a property of Antrim and Newtonabbey Council. His flat was down the corridor from another individual named Ray Finerty. This guy seems like a real piece of work. Petty criminal, highly unpleasant and provocative. I’m told that an elderly man named Sal who lives in the building has in the past reported him to the police, but others are afraid to do so. He’s been causing issues for some of the local families. He seems to want to perpetually provoke and is a known drug dealer. He’s often having deliberately loud conversations from his flat and leaves his door open. A single mother lives opposite him and has three children under seven years old. She’s been recording some of the conversations she hears from Mr Finerty’s flat on voice notes and wasn’t sure what to do with them - I can understand why she hasn’t reached out to the PSNI, given Mr Finerty’s dealings. I met her when I went to Demesne House this week. She was reticent to talk at first, but decided to share the voice recordings with me as she was pretty sure the soldier, Mark, was spending time with Ray recently. She recorded them for hours one night. I’ve spent the last few days listening through the audio and isolated this conversation. I’m pretty sure it relates to the killing. Mark McCarthy seems intimidated by Ray. Anyway, I’m leaving it here. Any further information you might have about this, please reach out. I promise to protect your identity.

BBC DOC STRING OUTS (PART 2)

Here is some more footage sent over by my contact at the BBC. Again, I’ve done my best to remove any identifying features of the regiment. I’m told this man is called Mark. In the context that this is one of the biggest annual parades in NI, it’s surprising to me that Carrick is looking so dilapidated. I’ve been in contact with another journalist who’s sent me some quite chilling, different material. I’m going to work through it and post what I feel I can in the coming days.

BBC DOC STRING OUTS

I’m making a new documentary about an event that hasn’t been reported on widely yet, but I assume it will be. Its covers a killing that took place on Downhill beach. Trying to work out why it’s not been reported on. The person involved is a soldier from belfast. He claims it was caused by an accident with his personal protection weapon. I’ve been looking into what happened and why we’re not hearing about it, or about the victim. A contact at the BBC sent me this footage. It’s string outs from a separate documentary that was never released about the future of the army in Northern Ireland. There’s loads of great footage in here. Apparently, this is the guy — he was going to be one of the characters in the doc. This is from a parade the crew filmed in Carrick a couple of years ago. I was asked to mask out the cap badges / identifying features from the uniform for legal reasons. I’ll release more of what I find. I’m going to be following the case throughout the summer.