NUJ slams PSNI investigation into Martin O’Hagan murder

The National Union of Journalists says it has lost confidence in the PSNI inquiry into the murder of Sunday World report Martin O'Hagan.

Speaking on the fifth anniversary of the killing, the union's Irish secretary, Seamus Dooley, said he had written to Northern Secretary Peter Hain to express concern about the matter.

He said the NUJ had no confidence in the PSNI inquiry and was asking for an independent police force to be brought in to investigate the murder.

Mr O'Hagan was shot dead by loyalist paramilitaries on September 28th, 2001, while walking home from a night out in Lurgan with his wife.

Two of the suspects in the murder are believed to be informers and the PSNI has been accused of a cover-up in order to protect them.

The PSNI says 2,000 lines of inquiry have been pursued, 400 statements have been taken and eight arrests have been made.

However, the NUJ is delivering a letter to the chief constable today demanding to know why nobody has been charged.