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[[Steve Ibinson]] (1975-2009)<ref>[http://www.palacebarracksmemorialgarden.co.uk/archive/RememberingourFriends.htm#Ibinson Remembering our friends], Palace Barracks Memorial Gardens, accessed 29 November 2011.</ref> was a special forces soldier and private investigator.<ref>Martin Breen, [http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sunday-life/brave-ibbo-truly-was-one-of-a-kind-14272818.html Brave ibbo truly was one of a kind], ''Sunday Life'', 19 April 2009.</ref>
 
[[Steve Ibinson]] (1975-2009)<ref>[http://www.palacebarracksmemorialgarden.co.uk/archive/RememberingourFriends.htm#Ibinson Remembering our friends], Palace Barracks Memorial Gardens, accessed 29 November 2011.</ref> was a special forces soldier and private investigator.<ref>Martin Breen, [http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sunday-life/brave-ibbo-truly-was-one-of-a-kind-14272818.html Brave ibbo truly was one of a kind], ''Sunday Life'', 19 April 2009.</ref>
  
Ibinson served in the [[Parachute Regiment]].<ref name="Echo31Aug09">[http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/4572996.Tribute_to_Undercover_Steve/ Memorial service for former soldier and undercover journalist Steve Ibinson], ''Northern Echo'', 31 August 2009.</ref> According to the ''Daily Mail'', Ibinson served at the [[SAS]].<ref>Andy Dolan, [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1212014/Dog-fight-duo-warned-face-jail-RSPCA-helps-smash-Europes-biggest-sydicate.html Mother-of-three 'staged bloody pit bull fights at her home'], ''Daily Mail'', 9 September 2009.</ref>
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Ibinson served in the [[Parachute Regiment]].<ref name="Echo31Aug09">[http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/4572996.Tribute_to_Undercover_Steve/ Memorial service for former soldier and undercover journalist Steve Ibinson], ''Northern Echo'', 31 August 2009.</ref> According to the ''Daily Mail'', he also served in the [[SAS]].<ref>Andy Dolan, [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1212014/Dog-fight-duo-warned-face-jail-RSPCA-helps-smash-Europes-biggest-sydicate.html Mother-of-three 'staged bloody pit bull fights at her home'], ''Daily Mail'', 9 September 2009.</ref>
  
 
He left the army at 27, settling in Belfast and setting up his own private investigation firm.<ref name="Echo31Aug09"/>
 
He left the army at 27, settling in Belfast and setting up his own private investigation firm.<ref name="Echo31Aug09"/>
  
From 2005 onwards, Ibinson worked closely with journalist [[Martin Breen]] on a number of investigations, including tracking down the killer of [[Pat Finucane]], [[Ken Barrett]] to his home in England, following his release from jail.<ref>Martin Breen, [http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sunday-life/brave-ibbo-truly-was-one-of-a-kind-14272818.html Brave ibbo truly was one of a kind], ''Sunday Life'', 19 April 2009.</ref>
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From 2005 onwards, Ibinson worked closely with journalist [[Martin Breen]] on a number of investigations, including tracking down the killer of [[Pat Finucane]], [[Ken Barrett]], to his home in England, following his release from jail.<ref>Martin Breen, [http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sunday-life/brave-ibbo-truly-was-one-of-a-kind-14272818.html Brave ibbo truly was one of a kind], ''Sunday Life'', 19 April 2009.</ref>
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Ibinson died of a heart attack in Afghanistan in April 2009, while working for an American private security company investigating the heroin trade.<ref>Jilly Beattie, ULSTER SPECIAL FORCES HERO DROPS DEAD;
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EX-SOLDIER'S AFGHAN TRAGEDY AGED 33, The Mirror, 18 April 2009.</ref>
  
 
==Affiliations==
 
==Affiliations==
 
*[[S.I.B. Security]] - Director<ref>LevelBusiness [http://www.levelbusiness.com/doc/person/uk/06639825 STEPHEN PAUL IBINSON]</ref>
 
*[[S.I.B. Security]] - Director<ref>LevelBusiness [http://www.levelbusiness.com/doc/person/uk/06639825 STEPHEN PAUL IBINSON]</ref>
  
==External Resources==
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==External resources==
 
*LevelBusiness [http://www.levelbusiness.com/doc/person/uk/06639825 STEPHEN PAUL IBINSON]
 
*LevelBusiness [http://www.levelbusiness.com/doc/person/uk/06639825 STEPHEN PAUL IBINSON]
 
*Martin Breen, [http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sunday-life/brave-ibbo-truly-was-one-of-a-kind-14272818.html Brave ibbo truly was one of a kind], ''Sunday Life'', 19 April 2009.
 
*Martin Breen, [http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sunday-life/brave-ibbo-truly-was-one-of-a-kind-14272818.html Brave ibbo truly was one of a kind], ''Sunday Life'', 19 April 2009.
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Steve Ibinson (1975-2009)[1] was a special forces soldier and private investigator.[2]

Ibinson served in the Parachute Regiment.[3] According to the Daily Mail, he also served in the SAS.[4]

He left the army at 27, settling in Belfast and setting up his own private investigation firm.[3]

From 2005 onwards, Ibinson worked closely with journalist Martin Breen on a number of investigations, including tracking down the killer of Pat Finucane, Ken Barrett, to his home in England, following his release from jail.[5]

Ibinson died of a heart attack in Afghanistan in April 2009, while working for an American private security company investigating the heroin trade.[6]

Affiliations

External resources

Notes

  1. Remembering our friends, Palace Barracks Memorial Gardens, accessed 29 November 2011.
  2. Martin Breen, Brave ibbo truly was one of a kind, Sunday Life, 19 April 2009.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Memorial service for former soldier and undercover journalist Steve Ibinson, Northern Echo, 31 August 2009.
  4. Andy Dolan, Mother-of-three 'staged bloody pit bull fights at her home', Daily Mail, 9 September 2009.
  5. Martin Breen, Brave ibbo truly was one of a kind, Sunday Life, 19 April 2009.
  6. Jilly Beattie, ULSTER SPECIAL FORCES HERO DROPS DEAD; EX-SOLDIER'S AFGHAN TRAGEDY AGED 33, The Mirror, 18 April 2009.
  7. LevelBusiness STEPHEN PAUL IBINSON