Witness scheme ‘should have statutory basis’

THERE were calls yesterday for the State witness protection programme to be put on a statutory basis.

Witness scheme ‘should have statutory basis’

The demand came after the Court of Criminal Appeal criticised the way the scheme had been used in the John Gilligan trial in 2001.

The court, however, confirmed the drug conviction handed down against Gilligan at the Special Criminal Court.

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