Comments of Northern Secretary criticised as outrageous and appalling by Sinn Féin and SDLP
, whose father Pat, also a solicitor, was murdered by the UDA in 1989 said, “Legally, politically and morally these comments are indefensible, yet is it really surprising to hear a SoS publicly express the contempt we know the British government had for lives here?”
He said that the Northern Ireland Office needed reminding “that a number of prosecutions of former soldiers are on-going, others are pending and her remarks are therefore potentially an unacceptable interference in legal processes that are before the courts”. Mrs May said there needed to be changes to the current system of investigating the legacy of the Troubles to provide better outcomes for victims and survivors and to ensure that the British soldiers and police officers were not unfairly treated.
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