Paisley Jnr fined £5,000 for contempt of court

Northern Assembly member Ian Paisley Jnr was fined £5,000 (€5,862) today for refusing to reveal the name of a confidential source.

Paisley Jnr fined £5,000 for contempt of court

Northern Assembly member Ian Paisley Jnr was fined £5,000 (€5,862) today for refusing to reveal the name of a confidential source.

The North Antrim representative avoided a jail term for defying a court order compelling him to disclose the identity of the informant to a public inquiry into the murder of loyalist paramilitary leader Billy Wright inside the Maze Prison in 1997.

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