Orde hits back at Sinn Féin's McCartney claims

The North's most senior policeman Hugh Orde today hit back at claims that the investigation into the murder of Belfast father of two Robert McCartney is being manipulated to damage Sinn Féin.

As Mr McCartney’s five sisters and his partner prepared to present a dossier on his murder to US President George W Bush today at the White House, Chief Constable Hugh Orde defended his officers’ handling of the probe.