Kelly case probe an indictment of the police
The SDLP’s premature welcome for an internal PSNI reinvestigation, before even consulting the Kelly family, seems to be a desperate attempt to justify their failure to insist on full implementation of Patton’s proposals.
It was the PSNI which mysteriously lost, found and lost again the papers (if they ever existed) on the Kelly murder in a vain attempt to prevent the UTV esposé going out to the public. It was the PSNI which agreed with the Kelly family that nothing would be released to the press until they had collectively decided the way forward, only to break that trust by unilaterally announcing the new ‘inquiry’ without even informing, never mind consulting, the bereaved family.
