The North's Police Ombudsman has cleared officers of wrongly shooting a man dead four years ago in Co. Antrim, saying they feared for a colleague's life.

Crucial intelligence was wiped from a computer and police officers were uncooperative during an investigation into the first fatal shooting carried out by the PSNI, the Ombudsman said today.

Ombudsman Nuala O’Loan will reveal today the findings from her probe into the first fatal shooting by the Police Service of Northern Ireland.

A man was shot dead by police attempting to stop a suspected stolen car in Northern Ireland today.

A man shot dead by police in Northern Ireland had been at the centre of a drugs surveillance operation, it emerged tonight.