Paramilitaries 'control communities with justice schemes'

The Independent Monitoring Commission (IMC) expressed concern today that paramilitaries are using some neighbourhood justice schemes in the North as cover to control communities.

In its latest report on republican and loyalist activity, the ceasefire watchdog repeated its view that restorative justice schemes, which bring the perpetrators of low level crime face to face with victims in their areas, have a role to play in the criminal justice system.