Martin Dillon revealed that Bates was also one of the four UVF gunmen who carried out a mass shooting in the Chlorane Bar attack in Belfast city centre on 5 June 1976 . Five people ( three Catholics and two Protestants ) were shot dead . The UVF unit had burst into the pub in Gresham Street and ordered the Catholics and Protestants to line up on opposite ends of the bar before they opened fire . He later recounted his role in the attack to police ; however , he had claimed that he never fired any shots due to his revolver having malfunctioned . Forensics evidence contradicted him as it proved that his revolver had been fired inside the Chlorane Bar that night . Lenny Murphy was in police custody at the time the shooting attack against the Chlorane Bar took place
Chlorane Bar attack
Chlorane Bar attack
Robert Bates (loyalist)