“The ombudsman now plans to ask Justice Minister David Ford to introduce new legislation…”
John wanted a “public explanation”… BBC NI home affairs correspondent, Vincent Kearney, reports that 49 historical cases where RUC officers were responsible for deaths, which were passed by the Historical Enquiries Team (HET) to the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland because European legislation prevents the HET from investigating, cannot be investigated by the ombudsman because domestic legislation prevents the office from acting. From Vincent Kearney’s report The Historical Enquiries Team cannot investigate them because European law states investigations into state killings must be …
