Trimble says collusion was not a policy

The North’s First Minister, David Trimble, has insisted that the RUC and the British army did not collude with loyalist paramilitaries as a matter of policy.

Trimble says collusion was not a policy

The North’s First Minister, David Trimble, has insisted that the RUC and the British army did not collude with loyalist paramilitaries as a matter of policy.

Speaking about allegations in a BBC documentary last night, Mr Trimble said individual policemen and soldiers did help loyalists to carry out murders, but he insisted this collusion was not "organisational".

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