 To send a message to informers Adair had Cardwell abducted following his release from hospital and subjected to a long and brutal interrogation process.He was shot and left to bleed to death with C Company member Gary McMaster later sentenced to life imprisonment for his part in the murder.Spence reacted to the killing with disgust, considering Cardwell to be harmless, and along with Matt Kincaid even concocted a plot to have a gun placed in Adair's house in order that he would be imprisoned with them to give them a chance to reason with him.