Victims and politicians condemn Government’s Troubles ‘amnesty’ plan

Soldiers man a checkpoint on the Belfast to Dublin road (PA/PA)

Victims and politicians from across the island of Ireland have voiced anger at the prospect of a form of amnesty on Troubles prosecutions.

Northern Ireland’s two main parties, the DUP and Sinn Fein, have both criticised the reported move by the British government to introduce a statute of limitations on prosecuting offences committed prior to the signing of the 1998 Good Friday peace agreement.