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Report to confirm collusion: SDLP | Report to confirm collusion: SDLP |
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A report on the UVF murder of Raymond McCord junior will confirm collusion was a reality during the Troubles, SDLP leader Mark Durkan has predicted. | |
Mr Durkan said the report, by Police Ombudsman Nuala O'Loan, will be extremely serious and show collusion was not a "nationalist myth". | Mr Durkan said the report, by Police Ombudsman Nuala O'Loan, will be extremely serious and show collusion was not a "nationalist myth". |
The report is expected to be published at the start of next week. | The report is expected to be published at the start of next week. |
The Foyle MP was being interviewed for Saturday's Inside Politics programme on BBC Radio Ulster. | The Foyle MP was being interviewed for Saturday's Inside Politics programme on BBC Radio Ulster. |
Raymond McCord Junior, 22, a former RAF man, was beaten to death and his body dumped in a quarry in 1997. | Raymond McCord Junior, 22, a former RAF man, was beaten to death and his body dumped in a quarry in 1997. |
There have been allegations that a leading member of the UVF gang responsible for his murder and several other killings in the north Belfast/Newtownabbey area were police informers. | There have been allegations that a leading member of the UVF gang responsible for his murder and several other killings in the north Belfast/Newtownabbey area were police informers. |
"I think the report will show that we had an RUC informer who was allowed to murder again and again and again - Catholics, Protestants, paramilitaries, civilians, even a minister of religion," Mr Durkan said. | "I think the report will show that we had an RUC informer who was allowed to murder again and again and again - Catholics, Protestants, paramilitaries, civilians, even a minister of religion," Mr Durkan said. |
"It absolutely stinks. But we also have to ask why are we only getting to this now. | "It absolutely stinks. But we also have to ask why are we only getting to this now. |
"We are only getting to this now because some us insisted on the police ombudsman having the powers to investigate these things and investigate the past." | "We are only getting to this now because some us insisted on the police ombudsman having the powers to investigate these things and investigate the past." |
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