sentences:  In 1964 he was involved in a riot on Divis Street in Belfast in opposition to the threat from loyalist leader Ian Paisley to march on the area and remove an Irish tricolour flying over the election office of Billy McMillen.In 1965 he was arrested for the possession of bayonets with five other men.The five refused to answer questions in custody or to speak in court and were sentenced to a three years in prison.