DISGRACED former MI5 officer David Shayler claimed yesterday that he was told an IRA informer who alleged Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness told him he fired the first shot on Bloody Sunday was a “bullshitter”.

Disgraced former MI5 officer David Shayler claimed today he was told that an IRA informer who alleged Sinn Fein’s Martin McGuinness told him he fired the first shot on Bloody Sunday was a “bullshitter”.

Two MI5 agents whose evidence may throw light on Martin McGuinness’s movements on Bloody Sunday will have to give live evidence to the inquiry, it has emerged.

EX-MI5 agent David Shayler, who was jailed in Britain for breaching the Official Secrets Act, vowed to fight to clear his name after leaving prison on early release yesterday.

Former MI5 officer David Shayler, who was jailed for breaching the Official Secrets Act, has vowed to "fight on" to clear his name when he left jail on early release.

RENEGADE British spy David Shayler was yesterday sentenced to six months in prison after he was convicted of revealing security secrets.

An MI5 agent who claimed Sinn Fein’s Martin McGuinness fired the first shot on Bloody Sunday will not have to give evidence to a tribunal of inquiry because of fears for his life, it was announced today.

The British security services have applied for special restrictions to be placed on the evidence of a former MI5 agent who is due to appear before the Bloody Sunday Tribunal in Derry.

An Internet service provider will today argue the injunction protecting James Bulger’s killers should be varied so it cannot be held responsible for contemptuous material posted on its web pages.

Renegade MI5 agent David Shayler has arrived at court promising to put the British state on trial.

Sein Fein says doubts cast by a former MI5 officer on claims that Martin McGuinness fired a shot before the Bloody Sunday massacre prove that the allegations are bogus.