An independent advisor has told the family of a murdered Derry man that MI5 had no connection to his death.
Lord Carlile, an independent advisor to the British government on the activities of the security services, had been investigating concerns about the shooting dead of Kieran Doherty in February 2010.
He said there was no ‘misbehaviour or infraction by anybody connected directly or indirectly with the public service’ in connection with the murder.
In the months before he was killed, Mr Doherty told a local newspaper that MI5 had tried to recruit him as an agent.
The Real IRA said it murdered the 31-year-old, a senior member of its organisation, over alleged involvement in drugs. But his family claimed MI5 was involved.
Today they said they are disappointed with the outcome of the inquiry.
