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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Emine Sinmaz

Northern Ireland Office ‘should have protected’ murdered solicitor

Flags and a black and white picture of her face
A poster of the defence lawyer Rosemary Nelson, who was killed by a loyalist car bomb in County Armagh in 1999. Photograph: Peter Jordan/PA

The murdered solicitor Rosemary Nelson should have been offered protection by the Northern Ireland Office (NIO), a senior official accepted, according to newly released documents.

Nelson was killed by a loyalist car bomb outside her home in Lurgan, County Armagh in March 1999.

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