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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Jonathan McCambridge

Asbos would lead to one section of community policing other, Sinn Fein warned

Sinn Fein’s Gerry Adams warned against the introduction of Asbos in 2004 (Stefan Rousseau/PA) - (PA Archive)

Proposed new laws to combat anti-social behaviour would “result in one section of the community in the north of Ireland policing the other”, Sinn Fein warned in 2004.

A declassified file showed that Gerry Adams wrote to then Northern Ireland secretary Paul Murphy asking him to carry out further consultation into plans to introduce antisocial behaviour orders (Asbos) in the region.

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