Lisburn actor KristianNairn, known to millions as Hodor from Game of Thrones, has spoken for the first time about witnessing the fatal shooting of a policeman in a Belfast nightclub
Actor Kristian Nairn has spoken for the first time about witnessing the fatal shooting of a policeman in a gay nightclub.
Kristian, known to millions as Game of Thrones' Hodor, was 22 and among hundreds of horrified onlookers.Homophobia was prevalent in Northern Ireland in the 1990s - there were few legal protections and negative social attitudes were common. "All of a sudden you have a safe space where everyone's into the same stuff, it's a laugh and you've got a bit of alcohol there.Kristian and friends would regularly head to Belfast for a night out
"The music carried on for a second before it came down - I remember a girl stood at the bar covered in blood," he says."I made eye contact with him, I think we all made eye contact with him as he was coming out.The Irish National Liberation Army claimed responsibility for Darren's murder but no-one has ever been convicted.
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