SCOUT· 37%23m·2026-09-15·True CrimeUVF hitman says MI5 ran loyalist death gangs
A UVF hitman has said loyalist death squads were run by MI5, and he is willing to tell a peace and reconciliation process all about it. Paul Beattie was once one of the most active gunmen for the UVF in Belfast in the 1990s. Niall speaks to Steven Moore about Beattie's past and how it weighs heavily on him. Hosted on…
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“It’s what republicans were saying a couple decades ago. But we were derided as conspiracy theorists! Loyalists were the willing useful idiots of British intelligence.”
“The occupied 6 counties were quite literally used as a testing ground for tactics and mass surveillance to be then used in further occupations”
“My grandfather was murdered in the 90's by a Loyalist death squad. We know who they are/were. We suspected within days there had been collusion. One of the gunman was caught with one of the weapons at his home. One of the weapons turned up…”
“Shocker….. definitely wasn’t obvious 30+ years ago!”
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