HC Deb 30 November 1978 vol 959 cc283-4W
Rev. Ian Paisley

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on the murder on 26th November of the deputy governor of Her Majesty's Maze prison by the Provisional Irish Republican Army, and what security was available at the deputy governor's home on the night of the murder.

Mr. Mason:

At 8.30 p.m. on Sunday 26th November, Mr. Miles, the Deputy Governor of Her Majesty's Maze prison was shot dead by a gunman who called at his home in North Belfast. Police investigations into this crime are continuing. It would not be in the interests of security to disclose the security precautions which apply to members of the prison service either generally or in any particular case.