Orde: SF has politicised police

Sinn Féin was accused of politicising policing today as the Northern Ireland chief constable gave a robust defence of his officers’ handling of the Stormont spying scandal.

Hugh Orde insisted the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) was not carrying out a politically-motivated policing operation when it raided Sinn Féin offices at Stormont three years ago but was pursuing a criminal investigation.