Decision to shoot driver of stolen car 'flawed'

The actions of a policeman who shot dead the driver of a stolen car were critically flawed, a watchdog has found.

Decision to shoot driver of stolen car 'flawed'

The actions of a policeman who shot dead the driver of a stolen car were critically flawed, a watchdog has found.

There are also grave concerns whether the officer who killed 23-year-old Steven Colwell in Ballynahinch, Co Down, five years ago as he apparently tried to escape a police checkpoint was suitable for deployment to front line duties, the Northern Ireland Police Ombudsman found.

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