Killers who never had to go on the run

THE big furore about on-the-runs from UK Tories, DUP, SDLP, Fine Gael and Labour is the height of hypocrisy.

For nearly 37 years there has been an effective amnesty for members of the RUC and British army who have carried out several hundred killings, mostly of unarmed civilians, and who were involved in colluding with loyalists in killing hundreds more.

Where was the outcry from British conservatives or unionists after the RUC killed the first victims of the Troubles, including Samuel Devenney, Francis McCloskey, John Corry and nine-year-old Patrick Rooney in 1969?