Tomás Ó Flatharta

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“Surveillance operation on LVF suspect Mark ‘Swinger’ Fulton lifted the day before Seán Brown murder” – Irish News report lifts lid on a 1997 sectarian murder, facilitated by the British State – “Inquest abandoned due to material being withheld on the grounds of national security as coroner asks for public inquiry”

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Twenty seven years ago, and the British State is determined to prevent a true story being told.

Here is the Irish News report, published on March 5 2024.


A security surveillance operation on a leading loyalist and suspect in the murder of GAA official Sean Brown was lifted the night before the killing, a coroner has been told.

Details emerged as presiding coroner Mr Justice Kinney abandoned the long-running inquest in Belfast and confirmed he would write to Secretary of State Chris Heaton-Harris to ask for a public inquiry.

He said Mr Brown’s inquest could not continue due to material being withheld by state agencies on the grounds of national security.

The PSNI and MI5 have made applications for multiple redactions to sensitive documents connected to the murder under Public Interest Immunity (PII).

Loyalist Volunteer Force Killers Mark Fulton and Billy Wright

PII certificates are used by state agencies to withhold sensitive or top level security information they do not want in the public domain.

Last week the coroner heard that more than 25 people had been linked by intelligence to the murder, including several state agents.

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