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John Charles Brian Fitzimons was the former head of the [[RUC Special Branch]] in Northern Ireland. He was killed in the [[Mull of Kintyre Chinook crash]] in 1994.<ref>Liam Clarke, [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/ireland/article481513.ece Key evidence on FRU barred], Sunday Times, 12 September 2004.</ref> | John Charles Brian Fitzimons was the former head of the [[RUC Special Branch]] in Northern Ireland. He was killed in the [[Mull of Kintyre Chinook crash]] in 1994.<ref>Liam Clarke, [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/ireland/article481513.ece Key evidence on FRU barred], Sunday Times, 12 September 2004.</ref> | ||
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| + | <ref name=WealeBoycott">Sally Weale and Owen Boycott, CHINOOK DISASTER: COUNTING THE COST OF THE SENIOR FIGURES IN BATTLE AGAINST TERRORISM, ''Guardian'', 4 June 1994.</ref> | ||
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| + | Fitzsimons joined the [[RUC]] in 1963.<ref name=WealeBoycott">Sally Weale and Owen Boycott, CHINOOK DISASTER: COUNTING THE COST OF THE SENIOR FIGURES IN BATTLE AGAINST TERRORISM, ''Guardian'', 4 June 1994.</ref> | ||
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| + | He was involved undercover work which led to the arrest of the Brighton bomber, [[Patrick Magee]], and ahead of the killing of three IRA members in Gibraltar in 1988.<ref name=WealeBoycott">Sally Weale and Owen Boycott, CHINOOK DISASTER: COUNTING THE COST OF THE SENIOR FIGURES IN BATTLE AGAINST TERRORISM, ''Guardian'', 4 June 1994.</ref> | ||
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| + | He was appointed head of Special Branch in December 1989 at the age of 48 . According to the ''Guardian'', "he was the central strategist in the fight against terrorism."<ref name=WealeBoycott">Sally Weale and Owen Boycott, CHINOOK DISASTER: COUNTING THE COST OF THE SENIOR FIGURES IN BATTLE AGAINST TERRORISM, ''Guardian'', 4 June 1994.</ref> | ||
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| + | In the months prior to his death, rumours had been circulating in Belfast that he would be leaving the RUC that summer to take up a post as head of security for a Northern Ireland banking institution.<ref name=WealeBoycott">Sally Weale and Owen Boycott, CHINOOK DISASTER: COUNTING THE COST OF THE SENIOR FIGURES IN BATTLE AGAINST TERRORISM, ''Guardian'', 4 June 1994.</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 18:53, 2 September 2012
John Charles Brian Fitzimons was the former head of the RUC Special Branch in Northern Ireland. He was killed in the Mull of Kintyre Chinook crash in 1994.[1]
Fitzsimons joined the RUC in 1963.[2]
He was involved undercover work which led to the arrest of the Brighton bomber, Patrick Magee, and ahead of the killing of three IRA members in Gibraltar in 1988.[2]
He was appointed head of Special Branch in December 1989 at the age of 48 . According to the Guardian, "he was the central strategist in the fight against terrorism."[2]
In the months prior to his death, rumours had been circulating in Belfast that he would be leaving the RUC that summer to take up a post as head of security for a Northern Ireland banking institution.[2]
