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Intelligence links state agents to murder of Sean Brown, court is told

Source: PA Wire

A number of people linked by intelligence material to the murder of GAA official Sean Brown were state agents, a court has heard.

A lawyer for the family of Mr Brown said the revelation was “shocking and upsetting”, adding that the case for a public inquiry to held into the death was now “overwhelming”.

The inquest hearing was also told that in excess of 25 people had been linked by intelligence to the murder.

Mr Brown, 61, was abducted and killed by loyalists as he locked the gates

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