Reportedly, there were a number of accusations that the murder of solicitor Pat Finucane in February 1989 was the result of collusion between security forces and the Ulster defence association.
According to the report, John Stevens, then deputy commisioner of the metropolitan police returned to northern Ireland to launch an enquiry into Pat Finucane’s murder and allegations from British-Irish Rights Watch. The third report which was presented to the police service northern Ireland in 2003 concluded that with regard to the murder of Pat Finucane there had been a collusion between British security forces intelligence and the uda.
According to the report, in 1987 Brian Nelson a former member of the Ulster defence association returned to northern Ireland to rejoin the uda. Reportedly, he was paid £200 per week for supplying army intelligence with a list of possible targets and became head of the uda’s intelligence gathering activities.
According to the report, the murder of Loughlin Maggin in August 1989 was due to information supplied to the Ulster freedom fighters from the security forces. Reportedly, a number of other cases were examined, thought to be the result of collusion.
According to the report, the room within an ruc station in Belfast, used for enquiries into the collusion of British army forces and paramilitary groups was destroyed by fire, not thought to be a coincidence and never properly investigated.