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- ↑ "Five life terms..", The Times , 4 June 1983, p. 1.
- ↑ "Wife seized by INLA", The Times, 17 May 1983, p. 32.
- ↑ David McKittrick et al., Lost Lives: The Stories of the Men, Women and Children who Died as a Result of the Northern Ireland Troubles (2007), p. 956. ISBN 1-84018-504-X
- ↑ "Ulster Youths throw...", The Times, 23 May 1983, p. 2.
- ↑ USA v. James Barr: 84-CR-00272
- ↑ Wharton, Ken (19 May 2015). Northern Ireland: An Agony Continued: The British Army and the Troubles 1980–83. ISBN 9781911096801.
- ↑ Edgar Graham, "Letters to the Editor", The Times, 17 Sep 1983.