SDLP councillor left 'so shaken' after receiving 'graphic' mail
Speaking to BBC News NI, Quinn said receiving the parcel left him feeling "so shaken". Quinn opened the parcel before a meeting with council colleagues on Thursday evening. "The abortion stuff really knocked me for six and confused me," he said. In a statement he said the material "clearly intended to intimidate me and stop me speaking out". "Let me be absolutely clear: it will not work," he added. "I am proud of the work I have done to challenge prejudice, and no anonymous coward hiding behind hate mail will ever change that."
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