Meet the real Line of Duty (TM) undercover team in this previously
untold and gripping story of how a Northern Irish terrorist and
murderer and one of his followers, were caught in an audacious and
brilliantly executed undercover sting on the English mainland,
codenamed, Operation George. In 2006 at Belfast Crown Court,
William James Fulton, a principal in the outlawed Loyalist
Volunteer Force, was jailed for life and sentenced to a minimum of
28 years after the longest trial in Northern Ireland's legal
history. Fulton was an early suspect in the Rosemary Nelson
killing. Following the murder of the prominent human rights lawyer,
he fled to the United States and, with help from the FBI in
collusion with the British police, he was deported. On his arrival
at Heathrow, Fulton 'walked through an open door,' a Lewis
Carrol-like euphemism for an invitation created by the covert team,
only to disappear 'down the rabbit hole' on accepting the
invitation. That 'rabbit hole' led to an alternative world: an
environment created and controlled by the elite covert team and
only inhabited by the undercover officers and their targets. The
subterfuge encouraged the terrorist targets into believing Fulton
was working for a Plymouth-based 'criminal firm' over a period
spanning almost two years. In that time, over fifty thousand hours
of conversations between the 'firm' members were secretly recorded
and used to bring the killer to justice. This unique story is told
by former undercover officer Mark Dickens who was part of an elite
team of undercover detectives who took part in 'Operation George,'
one of the most remarkable covert policing operations the world has
ever known. You won't know him under that name nor the many aliases
he adopted as an undercover police officer infiltrating organised
crime gangs. Together in 'Operation George,' with pioneering
Operation Julie undercover officer and bestselling author, Stephen
Bentley, they have written a gripping account of a unique story
reminiscent of the premise of 'The Sting' film, and the
'Bloodlands' setting, combining a true-crime page-turner with a
fascinating insight into early 21st-century covert policing. The
publisher wishes to make clear by using the Line of Duty (TM),
there is no implied association with the Line of Duty series nor
World Productions Ltd and the trademark is attributed to World
Productions Ltd.
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