Barrett rivals notorious serial killers

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

A money-hungry gambler who turned informer to get revenge on his loyalist terror bosses, his total lack of remorse even terrified some of the North’s most hardened policemen.

One detective told how Barrett, a top informer, bragged about the bloodshed during nerve-shredding encounters.

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