02/11/2006

Former British agent questioned over murders

A former British agent has been arrested in London in connection with two murders in Northern Ireland.

Kevin Fulton, 46, was arrested by PSNI officers in east London yesterday morning in relation to the murders of Eoin Morley and Ranger Cyril Smith, 21, in County Down in 1990.

Eoin Morley, 23, was shot dead in the Derrybeg area of Newry in 1990, while Ranger Smith was killed while trying to rescue a man who had been forced to drive a car-bomb in to a police checkpoint in Killeen in the outskirts of Newry.

It is understood that Mr Fulton has been taken back to Northern Ireland for questioning in connection with the murders.

(EF)


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