He was also found guilty of seven attempted murders - four of them arising from a home-made grenade attack on riot police during the Drumcree protests in 1998 - two drug offences and possession of a handgun used to murder Michael McGoldrick in 1996. In all Fulton was found guilty of 48 separate charges in a trial that proved to be the longest in the legal history of Northern Ireland. He was also acquitted of a further 14 charges. His associate was leading loyalist Muriel Gibson, who was indicted along with him.