Jack Walker of ION Shot Dead
The former Manager of ION North Africa was shot dead
Former Manager of ION North-Africa was shot dead this morning in Campbeltown, Scotland. Walker, who was placed under house arrest after his arrest in June, was granted a multi-day Release on Temporary License to visit his mother on the Mull of Kintyre, Mary Walker, who is in hospice care for a terminal disease.
After checking into the Royal Hotel last Saturday, he had spent all of his days with his mother under supervision. Due to the severity of his case, Walker was guarded at all times. This morning however, the assailant, Gregg Donalds from Liverpool, pulled a pistol and fatally shot Walker twice in the side of his head.
Donalds himself was shot in the stomach by Walker’s police detail. According to the Emergency Medical Team, he is in intensive care due to the bullet perforating his bowel. He is in critical condition and is not expected to survive the injury.
Donalds had checked in a few days ahead of Walker and had been cordial with both Walker and the protection detail. Preliminary reports indicate that he had a connection to a petty crime gang in Liverpool and three prior convictions for Common Assault charges.
Additionally, he appears to have a connection to ION services, as he worked as a security guard for a security firm in Manchester which was majority owned by ION. He lost his job during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 after ION shut down the company that employed him. Facebook posts from 2024 indicate that he was still bitter about that events. He expressed joy about “seeing that **** Jack Walker” on a post on đť•Ź (formerly known as twitter) from the 7th of September.
Walker’s first court appearance was scheduled for the 15th of September. The courts had required more time in order to process the extensive amount of evidence, as reports and witnesses from both the UK and Walker’s previous position in North Africa had come forward to testify or provide other evidence. The charges include several counts of Criminal Conspiracy to murder, arms trafficking under international law, concealing of evidence and several counts of intimidation.
Several of these complaints were accepted to be judged in the Central Criminal Court of England and Wales, even though they weren’t committed in the UK, under the assumption of guilt via Walker’s former employer, ION Services, which is seated in London. ION had fully rejected responsibility for these charges and insisted that Walker was solely responsible. The courts agreed to charge him responsible for the majority of the charges, after seeing the evidence and several key witness accounts, but did include several of his subordinates for more concise charges.
With his death, it is unclear how the courts will continue to handle this case. Judge Eddy Corey opined that several of the charges will potentially be subdivided onto Walker’s subordinates but that he cannot say for certain how the case will proceed.