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Two More 'on The Run' Letters Issued...
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Should people mistakenly issued letters advising they are not being sought for offences be charged?
Review published today by Lady Hallett has revealed more letters sent in error following the Downey case (Hyde Park bombing)
Review published today by Lady Hallett has revealed more letters sent in error following the Downey case (Hyde Park bombing)
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// It is examining how over 200 people were told they were no longer wanted for paramilitary crimes committed before the 1998 Good Friday Agreement.
On The Runs are those suspected, but not convicted of paramilitary offences.
The case against Mr Downey collapsed after Judge Mr Justice Sweeney dismissed the case after it emerged Mr Downey had a letter from government officials mistakenly telling him he would not face criminal charges for the bombing. It emerged during the case that several hundred letters had been issued. //
Not sure why the hundreds who had been told they would not be charged cannot be sent a new letter explaining the mistake and that they may be charged. The original letters can be superseded by a later one surely.
// It is examining how over 200 people were told they were no longer wanted for paramilitary crimes committed before the 1998 Good Friday Agreement.
On The Runs are those suspected, but not convicted of paramilitary offences.
The case against Mr Downey collapsed after Judge Mr Justice Sweeney dismissed the case after it emerged Mr Downey had a letter from government officials mistakenly telling him he would not face criminal charges for the bombing. It emerged during the case that several hundred letters had been issued. //
Not sure why the hundreds who had been told they would not be charged cannot be sent a new letter explaining the mistake and that they may be charged. The original letters can be superseded by a later one surely.
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Not so daft as it sounds OG! Just to clear up my last post on Hyde Park,'Danny McNamee spent 12 years in jail of his 25 year sentence before being released under the GFA.His conviction was quashed soon after as unsafe.Interestingly though the appeal judges stated that he might not be innocent.Another botch trial as it emerged that vital fingerprint evidence which implicated others wasnt heard...
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