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In light of yesterday's news about the murder of Pat Finucane, I should advise that a gentleman named Ian Hurst (aka Martin Ingram) has made allegations in the past, regarding the role of the military intel unit FRU and their informer / agent Brian Nelson. Ingram was in the...
...FRU, but not the part that handled Brian Nelson.
The credibility of Hurst / Ingram was questioned by the Bloody Sunday Inquiry. The report stated Hurst exaggerated the importance of his role at HQNI and his level of knowledge and access to intelligence.
The de Silva...
The credibility of Hurst / Ingram was questioned by the Bloody Sunday Inquiry. The report stated Hurst exaggerated the importance of his role at HQNI and his level of knowledge and access to intelligence.
The de Silva...
... report into allegations of collusion, also made clear that there was significant diubt that Hurst was in a position to have detailed knowledge, regarding the handling of Brian Nelson. De Silva concluded that there was no substance to Hurst's allegations of 3 conspiracies...
... within 6 months, to murder Pat Finucane. De Silva also stated that due to Hurst's lack of credibility, no weight could be attached to his allegations with respect to FRU and the murder of Pat Finucane.
Looking at the situation as objectively as possible, there is no actual evidence that would pass the necessary test for criminal prosecution of police or military personnel. Much of what exists is either inadmissible hearsay evidence that invariably comes from members of...
... Loyalist or Republican terrorist groups, or associates of terrorists. As stated in the de Silva report, Brian Nelson was himself suspected of withholding information from his FRU handlers, as he had previously been interrogated/tortured by Loyalists & perhaps unsurprisingly..
... was withholding some information to avoid arousing suspicion amongst the terrorist group within which he was operating.
I can also add that Ken Barrett, who admitted his involvement in the murder of Pat Finucane, also made a number of allegations about the involvement of RUC officers. Barrett made these allegations to journalists. De Silva observes that Barrett's allegations need to be...
... treated with "great caution" due to the fact that he was clearly making things up and possibly felt the need to prove himself by fabricating claims he made to the BBC Panorama reporters
