About this episode
A loyalist confesses to being a spy while a victim's daughter searches for the truth.
Facing life in prison for murder, a key loyalist makes a surprising confession: he is Agent 6137. When he targeted people for the UDA to assassinate, he was also working for the British. The daughter of one of his victims hunts for the truth about his life as a spy – but as she and Cara dig deeper, they find documents are missing and proof is hard to pin down. Archive in this episode: Getty, ITN, BBC Sign up to our most popular newsletter, From the Editor. Look forward to receiving free-thinking comment and the day's biggest stories, every morning. telegraph.co.uk/fromtheeditor Get in touch: cara.mcgoogan@telegraph.co.uk and on social media @cjmcgoogan Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
People in this episode
Host: Cara
Guest: the daughter of one of his victims
Topics covered
- murder
- espionage
- loyalist
- truth-seeking
- assassination
- documentary
Keywords
- Agent 6137
- murder
- UDA
- British spy
- assassination
- truth
- documentary
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: UDA, British, Getty, ITN, BBC, The Telegraph
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