Wright murder report finds 'serious failings' but no 'state collusion'

The official inquiry into the murder of Loyalist terrorist Billy Wright in the Maze Prison found that there was no “state collusion” in his killing, Northern Ireland Secretary Owen Paterson said today.

But Mr Paterson told the British House of Commons that there had been “serious failings” within the prison which “facilitated” Wright’s death in December 1997, although these were due to “negligence” and were not intentional.