Denouncing the UDA, the trial judge, Mr. Justice McGonigle stated, "I do not know what constitutes a 'paramilitary' organisation. What appears before me today under the name of the UDA is gun law, a vicious, brutalising organisation of persons who take the law into their own hands and who, by kangaroo courts and the infliction of physical brutality, terrorise a neighbourhood through intimidation, and rule an area of this city"."Battered and dumped in Stockman's Lane, murder still has power to shock". Andersonstown News. Ciarán Barnes. 24 July 2008 During the trial, it emerged that plans to kill Ogilby had been formulated by the UDA unit several months before her kangaroo court "trial". Lily Douglas was lambasted by Justice McGonigle, "You ordered and directed the punishment of this girl. You chose and chose well those who were to carry out your directions. When you heard what had happened you organised the cover-up and disposal of the body. Your concern was that these happenings should not come to light. You were the commander of these women; your responsibility was great. You are no stranger to crime. You have a record of smuggling, forgery, assault and actual bodily harm and aiding and abetting the keeping of a brothel. Though the last of these was in 1961 it is an indication of your character." The Northern Irish press dubbed Elizabeth "Lily" Douglas "the Sandy Row executioner".
