Review of republican fugitive letters finds two further errors

A judge-led review ordered after an IRA bomb suspect was wrongly given a government assurance he was not wanted by UK police has identified two other cases where similar errors were apparently made.

Review of republican fugitive letters finds two further errors

A judge-led review ordered after an IRA bomb suspect was wrongly given a government assurance he was not wanted by UK police has identified two other cases where similar errors were apparently made.

Lady Justice Hallett, who was asked by British Prime Minister David Cameron to examine the administrative process for dealing with so-called "on-the-runs", found systematic flaws in its operation – but concluded it was not unlawful in principle.

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