Special Criminal Court should be scrapped, says leading lawyer

 A general view of the judge's chairs in the Special Criminal Court. US lawyer Nancy Hollander has called for the court to be abolished.

 A high-profile Guantanamo Bay lawyer has called for the abolition of the Special Criminal Court as it risks convicting innocent people.

US lawyer Nancy Hollander has said it has become "easy" for politicians to maintain the Special Criminal Court, which was originally established to deal with those charged with membership of the IRA and other terrorist organisations, but has morphed into also dealing with gangland crime.