Business as usual for Mackers as alleged East Belfast gangster survives UVF cull

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Stephen Matthews not among those cut loose in Shankill-led purge of top men over links to drugs and crime

Stephen ‘Mackers’ Matthews pictured recently in east Belfast

Alleged UVF godfather Stephen Matthews will be kept on as the terror gang’s East Belfast ‘brigadier’ after promising to purge the ranks of drug dealers.

But many loyalists are questioning the decision, which has been reluctantly endorsed by the UVF’s Shankill Road leadership, as criminality has flourished under his 20-year watch.

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