A police watchdog investigation into a series of loyalist murders should act as a catalyst to resist Government plans to axe similar probes into Troubles crimes, a lawyer has said.
Solicitor Niall Murphy, who represents families affected by the Police Ombudsman report into 11 UDA murders in South Belfast, said the Government is trying to shut down future scrutiny of allegations of security force collusion.
The report by ombudsman Marie Anderson found the RUC had been engaged in “collusive behaviours” with loyalist killers in relation to the series of murders in the 1990s.
