Inquest halted in ‘on the run’ letter row
The inquest of a murdered father of two in the North has been dramatically halted after it emerged that a suspect has been wrongly issued with a UK Government comfort letter assuring him he was not being sought by the authorities.
Armagh court heard that in 2008 the so-called “on the run” letter was passed from the UK Government to Sinn Féin Assembly member Gerry Kelly who then passed it to the individual who has been identified as a suspect in the 2003 killing of Co Armagh man Gareth O’Connor.
