North: Probe call after police payslips blunder

Northern Ireland Deputy Chief Constable Paul Leighton is to demand an internal report into how the security of thousands of serving and retired police officers in the province was compromised by a computer payslip gaffe.

The blunder, which was revealed yesterday by Democratic Unionist councillor Jimmy Spratt, resulted in thousands of payslips being sent to banks and building societies last month indicating they were from the Police Service of Northern Ireland.