Chief constable rejects protests bias claim

Northern Ireland’s most senior policeman Chief Constable Sir Hugh Orde today rejected claims by unionists that his officers were failing to be even handed when policing parades protests.

Democratic Unionist Policing Board members Ian Paisley Junior and Sammy Wilson raised concerns at a public meeting featuring the Chief Constable that a softly softly approach was being adopted towards republican protesters while loyalists faced the full rigour of the law.