North’s new police chief vows to crack down on paramilitary godfathers
As he began work in Belfast, Hugh Orde outlined plans to oversee a major review of murder investigations in a bid to capture those who ordered and carried out the killings.
The former Metropolitan Deputy Assistant Commissioner accepted police inquiries into the assassinations have failed to yield satisfactory results, but pledged to jail the leaders one way or another. He said: "I intend to target those who are doing the most damage to the communities in Northern Ireland. Those are the major players.