Thursday 26 March 2009 18:02 Payment to police informers triples
• Report: In the past ten months a quarter of a million pounds has been paid to informers in Northern Ireland.
In the year 2005/2006, £104,326, was paid to secret agents.
By the end of next month, that figure could rise to over £300,000, which is triple the amount of money paid just four years ago.
Sinn Fein has called on the Chief Constable to give assurances that these informants are not given immunity to carry out criminal activity.
Mark Haddock - one of the most notorious informers - was paid at least £80,000 by his police handlers.
In 2007, a report by the police ombudsman revealed there was evidence linking the former UVF commander with 10 murders.
Thursday, 26 March 2009
LOCAL NEWS
http://www3.u.tv/news/localNews/index.asp?sel=1&sel2=1&local=1&id=94868&pt=n
Amount paid triplesUTV can reveal that the amount of money paid to police informers has tripled in the last 4 years.
FreedomInformation request has revealed that in the past 10 months alone, a quarter of a million pounds has been paid to informers.
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