Kevin Fulton
See also pseudominous entry Peter Keeley
"Kevin Fulton" is the pseudonym of Peter Keeley [1], a British agent from Newry, Northern Ireland who allegedly spied on the Provisional IRA for British Military Intelligence.
"Fulton" is believed to be in London, where he is suing the Crown, claiming his British military handlers cut off their connections and financial aid to him. In 2004 he was reportedly suing the Andersonstown News, an Irish republican news outlet in Belfast for revealing his purported true name as well as his photograph. The status of that suit is not clear.[2]
Background
"Fulton"'s real name is alleged by Irish republican sources to be Peter Keeley, a Roman Catholic from Newry, County Down, who joined the Royal Irish Rangers at the age of 18. He was selected and trained by British Military Intelligence and returned to civilian life to infiltrate the Provisional IRA. "Fulton" claims he became one of the organization's bomb-development technical specialists. This has been disputed by the Phoenix magazine who claimed Fulton was originally a small time thief [3]
Terror activities
In the published book,Unsung Hero, 'Fulton' claims that he which claimed Mr Fulton worked undercover as a British Army agent within the PIRA at the height of its campaign. He was believed to have operated predominantly inside the IRA's, "South Down Brigade" as well as concentrating on IRA activity in South Armagh.[4] "Fulton" supposedly pioneered the use of flash guns to detonate bombs.[5]
In one incident, "Fulton" was questioned on responsibility for designing firing mechanisms used in a horizontal mortar attack on an RUC armoured patrol car on Merchants Quay, Newry, County Down, on 27 March 1992. A 34-year-old RUC officer (Colleen McMurray) died and another RUC officer was seriously injured [6] "Kevin Fulton" claims he tipped off his MI5 handler that an attack was likely.[7]
Arrest
On 5 November 2006, he was released without charge after being arrested in London, and transferred to Belfast to be questioned about his knowledge or involvement in the deaths of Eoin Morley, Colleen McMurray and Ranger Cyril Smith. "I personally did not kill people", said "Fulton" [7] The British military has not disclosed whether he was released in Belfast or transferred back to London. The reasons cited as evidence for the interrogation were from the book, Unsung Hero.
Lawyers acting for "Fulton", a Force Research Unit (FRU) agent and RUC Special Branch informer asked the British Ministry of Defence (MoD) to provide him and his family with new identities, relocation and immediate implementation of the complete financial package, including his army pension and other discharge benefits, which "Fulton" was allegedly promised by the MoD during his covert tour of duty.
See also
References
- ↑ http://saoirse32.blogsome.com/2004/12/27/kevin-fultons-photo/
- ↑ Saoirse32 website with "Fulton"'s photograph
- ↑ http://www.thephoenix.ie/phoenix/subscriber/library/volume-28/issue-11/page-12-13.pdf ,
- ↑ http://www.rte.ie/news/2006/1106/fultonk.html RTÉ News
- ↑ Unsung Hero, Kevin Fulton, Jay Nally, Ian Gallagher, John Blake Publishing Ltd., London 2006, ISBN 9 781844 540341 pg. 146.
- ↑ BBC's Hard Talk interview, 4 October 2006
- ↑ a b Unsung Hero, Kevin Fulton, Jay Nally, Ian Gallagher, John Blake Publishing Ltd., London 2006, ISBN 9 781844 540341 pg. 147.
External links
- Ex-IRA mole is released by police — BBC News article, 5 November 2006.
- Former spy released without charge — RTÉ News article, 6 November 2006.
- Police Ombudsman Statement on Eoin Morley's death
- Kevin Fulton @ BBC Hardtalk
