SF activist to lodge complaint over police attack

A Sinn Fein activist has vowed to complain to the North’s Police Ombudsman after his hand was broken while he was filming police actions in east Belfast at the weekend.

SF activist to lodge complaint over police attack
Mon, 19 Aug, 2002 - 15:18

A Sinn Fein activist has vowed to complain to the North’s Police Ombudsman after his hand was broken while he was filming police actions in east Belfast at the weekend.

25-year-old Paddy McDaid said an officer broke his hand with a baton as he filmed the police attacking nationalist residents in the Short Strand area.

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