Ombudsman identifies collusive behaviour in Fullerton murder

The Police Ombudsman of Northern Ireland has identified collusive behaviours in 19 murders and multiple attempted murders in the North West between 1989 and 1993 including the killing of Donegal County Councillor Eddie Fullerton.

Mrs Marie Anderson has also raised significant concerns about police conduct.

She says concerns of collusive behaviours raised by the family of Eddie Fullerton who was shot dead at his home in Buncrana in 1991 were legitimate and justified.

The Police Ombudsman says there was a failure to warn a number of individuals of threats to their lives and an inadequate response to a growing threat posed by the North West UDA/ UFF.

She highlighted also intelligence and surveillance failings which led to the arming of the loyalist group with military assault rifles as well as the failure by police to address UDR officers passing information to loyalist paramilitaries.

In the case of Eddie Fullerton, the Police Ombudsman says in general, the RUC enquiries conducted on behalf of An Garda Siochana were completed in a timely and thorough manner but says no record was found that intelligence requests from Gardai between June 1991 and January 1993 were responded to by RUC Special Branch.

Ms Anderson also found no evidence that the RUC made either Mr Fullerton or Gardai aware that
personal information relating to him had been found in a loyalist intelligence ‘cache’ in Derry in November 1989.

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