High Court judge rules officers were disciplined to allay threat of Sinn Féin abandoning support for policing in Northern Ireland
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Backed by the Police Federation, the pair applied for a judicial review into the lawfulness of the disciplinary moves. A chief inspector who served him with the notice allegedly remarked that it was the first time in 30 years that he disagreed with a suspension decision, but was following lawful orders.
At the time Sinn Féin’s Deputy First Minister, Michelle O’Neill, tweeted about an apparent culture of double standards in the PSNI and of “turning a blind eye to UDA and UVF thugs, while targeting those laying flowers on the anniversary of loved ones”.A barrister representing the Chief Constable insisted he had defused an unprecedented, critical incident which drew heavy criticism from Sinn Féin and jeopardised wider public confidence in Northern Ireland’s reformed police service.
“It is impossible to avoid the conclusion that the pressure so exerted was, in large measure, a result of a wholly separate and unrelated incident which was wrongly conflated with the actions of the applicants in the incident in which they were involved.”
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