Jordan shooting informant 'killed'

A person who gave information leading to police shooting dead an unarmed IRA man in Northern Ireland almost 20 years ago was later murdered, an inquest preliminary heard today.

A person who gave information leading to police shooting dead an unarmed IRA man in the North almost 20 years ago was later murdered, an inquest preliminary heard today.

An inquiry into security force collusion with loyalist paramilitaries by former Metropolitan police chief John Stevens revealed the material, which was passed to Belfast coroner Brian Sherrard recently.