Police Ombudsman investigators who questioned an ex-detective as part of a widening inquiry into alleged security force collusion with loyalist paramilitary killers wanted publicity without any hard evidence, it was claimed tonight.

A third former detective is being questioned in a major probe into suspected police collusion with loyalist paramilitary killers in the North.

A third former detective was questioned tonight as part of a major probe into suspected police collusion with loyalist paramilitary killers in the North.

KEN BARRETT murdered enough victims in an ice-cold sectarian killing spree to rival Britain’s most notorious serial killers, it was claimed yesterday.

The Pat Finucane murder case, in which former police informer Ken Barrett today pleaded guilty, has been adjourned until Friday when Barrett's defence lawyer Arthur Harvey QC will make his submissions.