Paisley accused of hypocrisy over Police Board objection

The chairperson of the political party that speaks for the UVF has accused DUP leader Ian Paisley of hypocrisy over his objection to her membership of the Policing Board.

Dr Paisley vehemently objected when the PUP's Dawn Purvis when she was appointed to the Policing Board earlier this year due to her links to loyalist paramilitarism.

However, Ms Purvis says the DUP leader accepted an armed UVF guard during the Troubles without complaining.

She says UVF men routinely guarded Dr Paisley's home in east Belfast and provided security when he attended rallies.