Sinn Féin accused as republican is arrested

Sinn Fein critic Jim Allister has accused the party of reneging on its support of policing after it criticised the arrest of a republican.

MEP Mr Allister, who defected from Ian Paisley’s DUP in protest at power sharing, said Sinn Féin were retreating to their old ways and challenging the rule of law after yesterday’s arrest of Brian Arthurs at his home in Dungannon, Co. Tyrone.