Victims’ pension to benefit those behind ‘dirty war’, says Martina Anderson

Sinn Fein’s Martina Anderson has said a compensation scheme for injured Troubles victims in Northern Ireland would ‘discriminate, criminalise and exclude’ (Liam McBurney/PA)

Sinn Féin’s Martina Anderson has said a compensation scheme for injured Troubles victims in Northern Ireland is mainly for those who fought “Britain’s dirty war”.

She has faced a furious backlash from unionists and the SDLP after posting on social media.