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George Wilson and his mother Eileen (Pics by Conor McCaughley)
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Dissident terrorists have threatened the life of this teenage boxing champ.
Oglaigh na hEireann have vowed to take action against West Belfast schoolboy George Wilson after accusing him of throwing a brick at the home of a senior Turflodge member.
Since then the youngster’s life has been made a living hell by the criminal thugs who laughingly claim to be republican freedom fighters.
While George’s parents admit their son has broken the law on occasion, he has admitted to criminal damage by attempting to break into a car, they insist it is up to the PSNI and the Courts to mete out punishment.
“I am not going to sit here and say he is an angel because he is not and he has done some stupid things but it is the responsibility of me as his mother and the courts to decide what to do with him,” Eileen Wilson told the Sunday World.
“My son is a child, he is 14 years of age and he is being threatened by scum like that. It makes me sick, they make me sick, they have no right to touch a single hair on his head, to lay a single finger on him” the mum of six said.
George was targeted after he was accused of attacking the home of a prominent member who claimed to have CCTV footage of the attack. He demanded £2,800 from his parents to pay for the ‘damage’.
Determined to prove his innocence in this case George bravely approached the ONH member to deny the accusations. However when confronted at his home the man refused to produce the footage and later fingered two other teens as those responsible.
“I got a telephone call from my sister saying that George was at the man’s house so I jumped into the car to go and get him. God love him he went to the bloke’s house by himself to tell him he was not responsible, the next thing is two others were accused.
“My son was not responsible for that incident but his life has been made a living hell ever since. Like I said my son has broken the law, he has admitted to that, he tried to break into a car and he will face his punishment.
“If the courts decide he should be jailed then he will serve his time but it has nothing to do with any dissidents. My son is nothing to do with them.
“My son is a good kid who has done wrong and I am not happy about that but he is hardly public enemy number one, he is a child. The joke is that there are others out there who are a thousand times worse, people dealing heroin and the dissidents let them get away with it. The biggest joke is that those who are threatening my son are criminals themselves,” she fumed.
The PSNI have visited George’s devastated parents on two occasions warning them that their son’s safety is in danger.
Eileen has lost two stone since the nightmare began seven months ago. She admits to being unable to cope with the stress of a gang beating her son within an inch of his life.
“That’s all I can think about. I can’t cope letting him out of my sight, I am sick with worry. I can’t sleep and can’t eat. I keep the window open at all times so I can hear if anyone approaches the house. The whole family is suffering because of those scumbags.
“I am terrified all the time that they will get him and do God knows what. That’s why I want him with me all the time and that’s not fair on him,” she revealed, hands visibly shaking.
George who is a Co. Antrim and Ulster boxing champ spoke of his fear and the intimidation he has experienced at the hands of the terrorists.
“They gather outside when I am at my friend’s house, looking the in window and that and they stand waiting on me. I have been stopped and searched and one of them told me to tell one of my friends they were going to the grave,” George said last night.
“It’s scary, that’s why I wrecked a bike outside the police station last week. I thought they would have arrested me and that I would have to go to jail. I think I would be safer in a young offenders centre, they wouldn’t be able to get me there .
“Yes I am afraid of what they will do to me, I am afraid that if I walk around the corner they will be there. I just want them to leave me alone, I just want to get on with my life, get back into boxing and everything else,” he revealed.
The Sunday World is aware of the identity of the Turflodge dissident however are prevented from naming him, at this stage, for legal reasons.