Flanagan denies terror gang collusion knowledge

Former RUC Chief Constable Ronnie Flanagan today denied having any knowledge of collusion between his officers and a murderous loyalist terror gang in Belfast when he was in charge.

Sir Ronnie, who faced demands for him to step down from his post as Her Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary following yesterday’s damning report by Northern Ireland’s Police Ombudsman on the activities of loyalist informers run by the Special Branch, issued the following statement: