Shock over PSNI officer seconded to Libya

Police chiefs in the North were criticised today after confirming that one of their officers has been sent to Tripoli to help train Libyan police.

He was one of a number of Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) officers seconded to the National Policing Improvement Agency and, according to a statement, travelled to Libya following a request from the UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Office for a “specifically skilled officer”.