James Watt | |
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| Born | 21 September 1952 Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Nationality | British |
| Other names | Tonto Jim |
| Occupation(s) | fitter preacher |
| Known for | bomb maker in the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) |
James Watt also known as Tonto (born 21 September 1952)[1] is a former Northern Irish loyalist who was the top bomb maker for the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) in the mid-1970s. In 1978, Watt was convicted and given nine separate life sentences for murder and attempted murder. These included bombings which killed a ten-year-old boy and two teenagers in two attacks carried out in April 1977 as a part of a UVF bombing campaign against republicans.
Following his release from prison in 1989 he left the organisation and in 1995 became a preacher having embraced Born-again Christianity while serving his sentence.