Agent murder report led to secret PSNI phone checks
Agent murder report led to secret PSNI phone checksImage source, PA MediaImage caption, Denis Donaldson was seen as a key figure in Sinn Fein's rise as a political party ByJulian O'NeillCrime and justice correspondent, BBC News NIPublished2 minutes agoThe family of murdered…
- ▪Agent murder report led to secret PSNI phone checksImage source, PA MediaImage caption, Denis Donaldson was seen as a key figure in Sinn Fein's rise as a political party ByJulian O'NeillCrime and justice correspondent, BBC News NIPublished2
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| Publication time | Thu, 30 Jul 2026 05:31:17 GMT |
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Agent murder report led to secret PSNI phone checksImage source, PA MediaImage caption, Denis Donaldson was seen as a key figure in Sinn Fein's rise as a political party ByJulian O'NeillCrime and justice correspondent, BBC News NIPublished2 minutes agoThe family of murdered agent Denis Donaldson have said they are concerned that police ran checks on a reporter's mobile phone after he wrote a story on the killing.BBC Spotlight has revealed new details about call monitoring of the phone of former BBC security editor Brian Rowan.Mr Donaldson was a police and MI5 agent within Sinn Fein.PSNI chief constable Jon Boutcher has offered to meet Rowan, who said the police have told him nothing about the operation against him in 2006.He learned of their actions from the BBC, as part of a case it took…
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