John Deverell

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John Deverell was the former head of MI5 in Northern Ireland. He was killed in the Mull of Kintyre Chinook crash in 1994.[1]

DCI Northern Ireland

Deverell played a key role in opening up secret contacts with the IRA in 1990.[2]

Deputy Director General

According to the Guardian, Deverell was a Deputy Director General of the Security Service at the time of his death.[3]

External Resources

Notes

  1. Liam Clarke, Key evidence on FRU barred, Sunday Times, 12 September 2004.
  2. Rosie Cowan, MI5 man 'had hand in Ulster peace', Guardian, 15 June 2001.
  3. Sally Weale and Owen Boycott, CHINOOK DISASTER: COUNTING THE COST OF THE SENIOR FIGURES IN BATTLE AGAINST TERRORISM, Guardian, 4 June 1994.