Paterson announces date for report on bombed lawyer

The report of the public inquiry into allegations of security force collusion in the murder of solicitor Rosemary Nelson is to be published on May 23.

Northern Ireland Secretary Owen Paterson confirmed the date for the report’s release in a statement at Westminster.

The 40-year-old solicitor was killed when a bomb exploded underneath her car as she left her home in Lurgan, Co Armagh, in March 1999.

The attack was carried out by loyalist splinter group the Red Hand Defenders, but the solicitor’s longstanding claims of police intimidation fuelled allegations of security force involvement.

Police have denied any wrongdoing.