Warning against ‘disparity’ in sentencing those who kill public servants

Warning against ‘disparity’ in sentencing those who kill public servants
Maghaberry Prison (Michael Cooper/PA)

Imposing tougher sentences for those guilty of killing public servants risks creating a hierarchy of victims in Northern Ireland, the Assembly was told.

Alliance Party MLA John Blair asked if it was fair that if a police officer and civilian were killed in the same incident their deaths could attract different punishments in the courts.

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