Mark Haddock
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Mark Haddock is a former RUC and PSNI Special Branch informant within the UVF. He is the main suspect in the murder of Raymond McCord Jr.[1]
Haddock is the subject of an investigative report by former Police Ombudsman Nuala O'Loan, in which he is described as "informant 1".[2]
The report found that intelligence reports, most of which were rated as 'reliable and probably true' linked Informant 1 to ten murders:
- Mr Peter McTasney who died on 24 February 1991;
- Ms Sharon McKenna who died on 17 January 1993;
- Mr Sean McParland who was attacked on 17 February 1994, and died on 25 February 1994;
- Mr Gary Convie who died on 17 May 1994;
- Mr Eamon Fox who died on 17 May 1994, in the same attack as Mr Gary Convie;
- Mr Gerald Brady who died on 17 June 1994;
- Mr Thomas Sheppard who died on 21 March 1996;
- Mr John Harbinson who died on 18 May 1997;
- Mr Raymond McCord Junior who died on 09 November 1997
- Mr Thomas English who died on 31 October 2000.
Less reliable intelligence suggested links to another five murders.[3]
Notes
- ↑ Brian Rowan, Haddock is the tip of the iceberg, Belfast Telegraph, 21 January 2007.
- ↑ Brian Rowan, Haddock is the tip of the iceberg, Belfast Telegraph, 21 January 2007.
- ↑ Statement by the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland on her investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of Raymond McCord Jr and related matters, 22 January 2007, p.7.
