Crisis is set to run and run

JUSTICE Heather Hallett reviewed a Government assurance scheme for fugitive republicans linked to almost 300 murders.

She was asked by British Prime Minister David Cameron to investigate how more than 200 people were told they were not wanted for paramilitary crimes as part of a peace process deal between Sinn Féin and Tony Blair’s Labour government.

Letters informed On The Runs (OTRs) living outside Britain that they were not sought by police, allowing them to return to the jurisdiction but not ruling out future prosecutions if further evidence emerged.