PSNI chief apologises to journalists for ‘distress and upset’ of searches

PSNI chief apologises to journalists for ‘distress and upset’ of searches
Barry McCaffrey and Trevor Birney

Northern Ireland’s police chief has made an unreserved apology to two journalists arrested over material that appeared in a documentary on a Troubles massacre.

Simon Byrne wrote to Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey to apologise after the Court of Appeal quashed a search warrant used to raid their homes and offices in August 2018.

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