Wright later claimed that his decision to join the YCV had been influenced by the Kingsmill massacre of January 1976 , when ten local Protestant civilians were killed by republicans . Wright 's cousin Jim Wright , future father-in-law Billy Corrigan , and brother-in-law Leslie Corrigan , were also killed by republicans in this period . Wright later said of the Kingsmill massacre , " I was 15 when those workmen were pulled out of that bus and shot dead . I was a Protestant and I realised that they had been killed simply because they were Protestants . I left Mountnorris , came back to Portadown and immediately joined the youth wing of the UVF . I felt it was my duty to help my people and that is what I have been doing ever since . " Locals say he was also " indoctrinated " by local loyalist paramilitaries ; however he had personally come to the conclusion that the UVF was the only organisation that had the " moral right " to defend the Protestant people
Kingsmill massacre
Kingsmill massacre
Billy Wright (loyalist)