Fresh claims have emerged that the loyalist Billy Wright - murdered in the Maze in 1997 - was a state agent.
A loyalist killer has claimed the Ulster Volunteer Force believed Billy Wright, the organisation’s leader in Mid Ulster, was a state agent.
The revelation comes after the government asked the Supreme Court to rule on whether to keep some intelligence on UVF murders a secret.The loyalist paramilitary group has been linked to multiple killings.in 2019, but further details of what he told Spotlight have become more relevant because of information which emerged at recently stalled inquests.
The IRA said all three men were informers, and had been involved in the murder of Portadown woman Margaret Perry because she had learned that Burns was working for the intelligence services. Maguire said he had subsequently been questioned by the UVF as part of an investigation into “suspicions” about Wright.“I just call it the Crown," he said.An inquest into UVF murders in Mid Ulster heard earlier this year that the late Progressive Unionist Party leader, David Ervine, had headed just such an inquiry into Billy Wright.
“I do get emotional at times and I hate it, because I try to be a strong person,” Bernie McKearney said. Wright broke away from the UVF in 1996 to form the Loyalist Volunteer Force and was killed in the Maze Prison the following year.are now being referred to a new body known as the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery .
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