Readers of my blog will know that PIRA murdered my parents, James and Ellen Sefton, on 6th June 1990.

I started enquiring into the circumstances in 2002, when it began to dawn on me that all was not as it seemed.

I contacted the PSNI in 2002 who, in terms , told me that the file had been packed away years ago and there was nothing to see. No suspects , no leads, just one of those things….which happened to one of their own…..

I contacted the HET. Same story. ‘We have had access to all intelligence’ there is nothing to see.

I contacted PONI. ‘We have reviewed all intelligence- it has all been made available- nothing to see here’

Then in 2017 I contacted Operation Kenova. I made the pitch that Sean Maguire, now SFIRA director of PR , was involved in the murders and was closely connected to Scappaticci.

This month, after a series of meetings, the Kenova team produced intelligence that had been in possession of the RUC since June 1990.

It raises all sorts of questions as to how the RUC handled intelligence and as to why this intel was suppressed for thirty three years and not acted upon.

It raises issues about cross border cooperation with AGS.

I’m reserving the intel for the moment whilst [hopefully] I receive further and better particulars from Op Kenova, which has been as good as its word about providing victims’ families with new information.

I’ll then be putting the intel into the public domain and inviting you to consider it.

Some time ago I wrote a piece called ‘Money talks’ -you can find it on my blog. Some ex-RUC officers were outraged by it. When you finally see what I know you will have an understanding of how much was suppressed and left undone by James’ colleagues , who went on to have luxurious retirements.

The message to all of you who have lost loved ones in the ‘Troubles’ is simple.

Never give up. The State will always lie to you. The State has no honour. The State has no loyalty. The Judiciary is in the pocket of the State.

Some years ago Geoffrey Miller, a County Court judge, said that I was “tilting at windmills”.

Some windmills- some tilting ,Geoffrey……