The person whose assassination led to Mark Fulton taking over command the Loyalist Volunteer Force was involved in the conflict the Troubles.
 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). 
William Stephen "Billy" Wright (7 July 1960  27 December 1997) was a prominent Ulster loyalist during the ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland known as the Troubles. 
