Theresa Villiers: Claims of 'endemic' misconduct in NI's security forces are 'deliberate distortion'

A pernicious narrative seeking to blame the State for almost every atrocity in the North's Troubles must be challenged, the British Government has said.

Northern Ireland Secretary Theresa Villiers claimed a skewed view of history was being peddled, which had seen unsubstantiated allegations treated as fact and a disproportionate focus placed on the actions of police and British soldiers.