Served three years for killing

Ken Barrett: Convicted of the murder of Pat Finucane in 2004 and sentenced to 22 years’ imprisonment.

He was released in 2006 under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement after serving three years. He had grown up on Belfast’s loyalist Shankill Road and became a trusted hitman for the UDA. One detective described him as a compulsive gambler and one of the most cold-blooded killers he had ever met. Barrett’s current whereabouts are unknown.

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