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Published Date: 22 January 2007
NORTHERN Ireland Secretary Peter Hain admitted the report into alleged police cover-ups of loyalist paramilitary murders would make "extremely uncomfortable reading".
However, Mr Hain said policing in Ulster had changed and the province was now a very different place.

Police Ombudsman Nuala O'Loan was set to publish damning findings from a three-year inquiry into alleged collusion between police and an Ulster Volunteer Force gang based in north Belfast.

"These things - murder, collusion, cover-up, obstruction of investigations - could not happen today, not least because of the accountability mechanisms that have been put in place over recent years," Mr Hain said.

He warned that the report could lead to charges being brought against those involved.

"That is a matter for the Public Prosecution Service of Northern Ireland, it is a matter for the Chief Constable and it is a matter for his historic inquiries team," he added.

"There are all sorts of opportunities for prosecutions to follow. The fact that some retired police officers obstructed the investigation and refused to co-operate with the Police Ombudsman is very serious in itself."



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  • Last Updated: 22 January 2007 9:29 AM
  • Source: Edinburgh Evening News
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: Northern Ireland
 
1

Duncan in Edinburgh,

22/01/2007 12:20:59

I think the response to this report will be a test of how committed all parties are to bringing peace to the North. We are talking about extra-judicial killings on the orders of the British crown. If the unionists want to persuade the republican people to endorse their politicians' acceptance of the PSNI, which is yet to demonstrate significant difference from the RUC, they need to respond humbly, apologetically and constructively.

2

inter alia,

the capital 22/01/2007 13:16:20

#1: Duncan in Edinburgh: Well said.

3

Jockyw,

22/01/2007 19:31:14

The truth hurts.

4

william wallace,

Stirling 22/01/2007 22:05:44

THE BRITS HAVE BEEN CAUGHT WITH THE SMOKING GUN IN THEIR HAND. STATE MURDERS MOST FOUL.

5

Jason,

Japan 22/01/2007 23:27:29

"My government (country) would never do anything that wicked."
Give me a break.


 

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