Bratty , together with Stephen " Inch " McFerran , UDA military commander for the Ormeau area and RUC Special Branch agent , ordered the attack on the lower Ormeau branch of Sean Graham 's bookmakers on 5 February 1992 , an act resulting in the death of five civilian men . His right-hand man , Raymond Elder , was identified by witnesses as one of the gunmen in the attack , and fibres from the getaway car were found on his denims . Bratty was widely believed to have been present during the attack , although the rest of the team that Bratty sent was made up of UDA members from East Belfast rather than local members . Another gunman had been provided by UDA West Belfast Brigade leader Johnny Adair , who had first conceived of the action . Alex Kerr , Bratty 's commanding officer as South Belfast brigadier , commended the attack , claiming that Lower Ormeau residents had been involved in shielding republicans before suggesting that the attack was revenge for the Teebane bombing
Teebane bombing
Teebane bombing
Joe Bratty