Mark Fulton (loyalist)

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Mark Fulton
Mark "Swinger" Fulton
Born	c. 1961 Portadown, County Armagh, Northern Ireland
Died	10 June 2002 (aged 40–41) Maghaberry Prison, County Antrim
Cause of death	Apparent suicide by hanging
Resting place	Kernan Cemetery, Portadown
Nationality	British
Other names	"Swinger"
Known for	Leader of Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF; 1997–2002) Member, Ulster Volunteer Force
Spouse(s)	Louise Fulton; 2 children
Parent(s)	Jim and Sylvia (née Prentice) Fulton

Mark Fulton (c. 1961 – 10 June 2002) was a Northern Irish loyalist. He was the leader of the Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF), having taken over its command following the assassination of Billy Wright in the Maze Prison in 1997 by members of the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA).

Fulton was alleged by journalist Susan McKay to have carried out a dozen sectarian killings in the 1990s. He also allegedly organized the murder of a Catholic lawyer, Rosemary Nelson, in 1999 while he was out of prison on compassionate leave. In 2002, he was found hanged in his cell at Maghaberry Prison, an apparent suicide. He was awaiting trial having been charged with conspiracy to murder a man from a rival loyalist paramilitary organisation. At the time of his death, Fulton was married with two children.^[1]