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July-August 2024 15
I first met Peter Keeley a short time after he
had come to London. I first met Peter near
the Fitzroy Hotel, Russell Square. He told
me that he used to be a Royal Ulster
Constabulary (RUC) police informant and
had also worked for the British Army’s Force
Research Unit (FRU).
•
If I were to describe Peter Keeley’s
personality, I would say that he would fit
in anywhere. Most people would be
comfortable in his company. He was
always involved with swingers’ clubs in
Muswell Hill, prostitutes and drugs. Peter
stated that he used to run brothels in
Northern Ireland and one of these
brothels was located opposite I believe
(Newry) RUC police station – it was here
that Peter had said that he had forced
women into becoming prostitutes, I
would describe this as meaning sexual
servitude, i.e. the tracking of women
within Northern Ireland; he had stated on
many occasions that his police (RUC) and
Army handlers would use the women and
that he had hidden recording equipment
there.
•
Peter Keeley confessed to being
responsible for the planning, and making
of the explosive device that was used in
the Omagh bombing; he has also said
that his wife Maggi Keeley was “green
booked” meaning that she was in the IRA,
and he stated very clearly that she had
driven the car that was used in the Omagh
bomb attack and that she purchased the
SIM cards used by the bombers.
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He has said that he had been responsible
for transporting explosive devices which
killed British Army soldiers, Police
Ocers and civilians. He said he was
responsible for the murder of Ranger Cyril
Smith, who was a soldier in the Royal Irish
Regiment, I believe in 1990. Keeley said
that he had made a bomb that was placed
inside a van and that Ranger Smith was
next to the van when it exploded killing
Ranger Smith who was guarding the road.
Smith had served with the Royal Irish
Rangers, the same infantry regiment of
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the British Army that Keeley had served
with. When I asked him if he had any guilt
he said “NO”. Keeley again views this as
just a job and I should also point out that
when visiting Keeley’s London home in
Battersea, he was always playing around
with timing devices and improvised firing
mechanisms used in bombs which Keeley
claimed to have developed.
• Peter Keeley confided to me that he was
the author of a book called ‘The Unsung
Hero’. I have not read his book, and I do
not read any books or other material
which glorify terrorism. I would not
describe Peter Keeley as an Unsung Hero,
or for that matter any kind of a hero. I
witnessed Keeley signing the books as
Peter Keeley a.k.a. Kevin Fulton, his alias.
•
I have been asked the question: do I think
that Peter has exaggerated his
involvement in all these incidents? In
answer to that, sometimes I heard such
intricate details about the Omagh
Bombing it is unlikely to be false. I recall
one incident where there was a mortar
attack and he (Peter) killed a Police
Officer called Coleen McMurray and
caused life-long injuries to another police
ocer called Paul Slaine who suered the
loss of his legs during that mortar attack
he said he was not only present but, fired
the trigger which caused that attack, I am
uncertain of the date but I believe it to be
in 1992.
•
Peter Keeley sickeningly bragged about
his involvement in that attack to anyone
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that would listen which I found oensive,
as, I do to all of his terrorist oensives –
he was very proud of the fact that he
designed the firing mechanisms used in
that mortar attack which targeted the car
in which police ocer Coleen McMurray
was murdered in Merchants Quay; he
thought it was in some way amusing and
said that he was just doing it for the
money – as if it was a job.
• I understand from our conversations that
he had informed his handlers that the
attack was coming and, that the RUC were
the target of that attack.
•
Keeley told me that he was responsible
for the murder of a woman who was killed
by a bomb that exploded next to a police
station in Warrenpoint in 1989, I believe
her name to be Joan or Joanne Reilly, he
was delighted with that, a bomb used in
a van – I believe from what he had said
that he was responsible for making that
bomb and delivering to the location of the
attack; he laughed at the excuse made for
the attack being as it was claimed it had
accidentally exploded, but he was
adamant that he had intentionally fixed
the device to explode earlier than
planned.
•
He has told me on multiple occasions that
he had been responsible for torturing
suspected police and army informants
and had committed punishment knee-
cappings, shootings and beatings of
people suspected by the IRA and that he
was assisting “Scappaticci” and
someone he named as John Joe Magee in
what he called the “nutting squad” . At
times it was apparent that it was Keeley
that suggested the victims subjected to
this torture before being murdered, he
said that “Scappaticci” tapped a tin
during the torture sessions and that he
loved to beat the victims and said that he
fired the shots during a number of these
killings just as he had said that he shot
Morley in the back!
•
He said that he had killed a total of 47
people, I had asked him if this included
the Omagh Bomb, he said no and that 29
people had been murdered on that
attack.
• He spoke to me in such detail about this
and other events; I feel that it is so
detailed and he doesn’t care that this has
happened. I feel that he can always do
what he wants and he gets away with. He
has said that if he is prosecuted his
handlers will be in the cell next to his and
he says, he is a “protected species” and
should be recognised as a ”nationl hero”
for the work he has done on the behalf of
the police and the army!!
•
I kept in contact with Peter until 2012; the
reason I am no longer talking to him was
due to his stupidness, I cut all ties with
him after he threatened to “shoot me and
my family on our doorstep” during some
heated exchanges over several months –
I made very clear to him that if the threats
didn’t stop they would have
consequences, he said “like what”, I told
him “do you remember what you said
about murdering Eoin Morley”?? he fell
silent, hung up and minutes later called
back and said that “if I tell the authorities,
by this he meant the police “he would
shoot me on the doorstep” since this time
I have suffered multiple death both
verbally and online, Peter has published
my personally identifiable information,
threatened to shoot me in the street and
murder me and my family which has
forced us to move on several occasions.
• Keeley has developed links to right-wing
extremism [Tommy Robinson], I fear that
Keeley, who loves to brag about his past,
i.e. killings and bomb-making, could
pass on these to extremist groups who
have a deep hatred of government and
democracy – in recent years Keeley has
indicated a desire to make our
parliamenterians pay for the peace-
process, taking into consideration he has
a deep fascination with hurting people
and guns, bomb-making it is a recipe for
disaster on a scale never seen before in
England.
• Keeley, I believe, would think nothing of
attacking civilian targets in England (if
the price was right) and the fact that he
was paid cash to harass and surveil
private citizens who are actively engaged
in exposing extremism should I believe
ring alarm bells.
•
He has said that if he is prosecuted his
handlers will be in the cell next to his and,
he says, he is a “protected species” and
should be recognised as a ”national
hero” for the work he has done on the
behalf of the police and the army.
Crucially too, he views himself as in his
words a “great spy” not an “informant”.
• Referring to the murder of Thomas Oliver
which occurred in 1991, Peter Keeley
stated to me that he was involved in his
abduction and murder. He stated that
there were other people involved in the
Tom Oliver murder including “Scapp”, i.e.
Freddie Scappaticci. Peter stated that
when they abducted Tom Oliver they put
him in a van and he was wearing
Wellington
• I asked him if the police and army know
about his involvment in the murder of Tom
Oliver, he replied “that they knew all
about it” and so did the “Security
Services”. He justified Tom Oliver’s
murder as “keeping my cover” even
though he knew that Tom Oliver was
innocent of the false alligations of being
a Garda informant: he had merely, as a
good citizen, reported finding guns on his
land. He said “I’d do it all over again
•
Keeley described the scene near
‘Belleeks’ (near Newry): Oliver was
“trussed-up” and has suered significant
beating and was forced by “Scapp” to
make a false confession of being an
informant; Keeley said that he felt
overwhelming joy at doing such a good
job.
•
Keeley has admitted to me that Owen
Corrigan a police ocer (Garda) from the
Irish Republic was falsely accused by
Keeley of being involved in the murder of
two RUC ocers called Harry Breen and
Bob Buchanan; Keeley told me that he
had done this to boost his credibility and
that no one could disprove this which is
why he gave evidence to the Smithwick
Tribunal in the Irish RepublicSam
Rosenfeld.
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A video recording Keeley had made
confessing to all his murders and terrorist
offences was eventually given for
safekeeping to I believe a UTV journalist
by the name of Trevor Birney.
He stated that there were
other people involved in
the Tom Oliver murder
including “Scapp”, i.e.
Freddie Scappaticci.
Tom Oliver
