Witness paid $1.25m to infiltrate group, court told

The key witness in the trial of alleged Real IRA leader Michael McKevitt was paid $1.25m to infiltrate the dissident republican group, a court heard today.

Witness paid $1.25m to infiltrate group, court told

The key witness in the trial of alleged Real IRA leader Michael McKevitt was paid $1.25m to infiltrate the dissident republican group, a court heard today.

FBI and MI5 agent David Rupert received the cash over a six-year period in return for a daring operation that took him right to the heart of the terror organisation behind the Omagh bomb atrocity, lawyers said.

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