Ex-UVF commander Gary Haggarty pleads guilty to 200 terror charges
Former loyalist paramilitary commander Gary Haggarty has pleaded guilty to 200 terrorist offences, including five murders.The ex-chief of the Ulster Volunteer Force's north Belfast unit admitted the crimes as part of a deal to give evidence against fellow terrorists.Haggarty, who worked as a police informant during the Troubles, was interviewed more than 1,000 times by detectives and 23,000 pages of transcripts were presented in evidence.
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