Londonderry supergrass Gilmour '˜died from natural causes'

It has been reported that Londonderry supergrass Raymond Gilmour died from unspecfied natural causes.
By The Newsroom
Published 27th Mar 2017, 17:47 BST
Updated 9th May 2017, 20:22 BST
Raymond Gilmour pictured a few years before his deathRaymond Gilmour pictured a few years before his death
Raymond Gilmour pictured a few years before his death

A spokesperson for the coroner in Kent in England has confirmed that the investigation into his death in October of last year has been discontinued.

It also emerged that Gilmour had been living under the pseudonym ‘Raymond Hilton’.

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A spokesman said: “The investigation into the death of Raymond Hilton (aka Gilmour) has been discontinued. The death was due to natural causes.”

A young Martin McGuinnessA young Martin McGuinness
A young Martin McGuinness

Gilmour’s decomposed body was discovered by his 18-year-old son on October 29 last year in the flat in which he had been living.

It is believed his body could have been lying for up to a week.

Gilmour, from Londonderry’s Creggan estate, infiltrated both the INLA and IRA at the height of the Troubles.

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He first joined the INLA in 1976 as a police agent working for the RUC.

A young Martin McGuinnessA young Martin McGuinness
A young Martin McGuinness

He then moved to the IRA in 1980 before his cover was blown two years later when police used information supplied by him to recover a machine gun.

He decided to testify against a number of alleged republicans in 1984, but the case collapsed when the then lord chief justice dismissed his evidence, calling it “unworthy of belief”.

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