Campaigners warn of ‘new Troubles’ if UK ministers pursue amnesty plan

Julie Hambleton, who lost her sister Maxine Hambleton in the 1974 attack, warned a so-called amnesty could lead to a ‘new Troubles’. Picture: Jacob King/PA

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been warned that his proposals for a so-called amnesty in Northern Ireland risks creating a “new Troubles”, with fears over “revenge attacks”.

Campaigners from all sides of the Troubles divide presented a letter at 10 Downing Street to the UK Prime Minister, branding plans for a statute of limitations as “immoral”.