Ombudsman asked to investigate after PSNI use Boston College IRA interviews in failed attempt to link Sinn Féin leader to Jean McConville murder[br]The former director of Boston College’s archive of IRA and loyalist paramilitary fabric has made a complaint to Northern Ireland’s police ombudsman over how tapes of testimonies were used in an attempt to launch an unsuccessful prosecution of the Sinn Féin leader,Gerry Adams.
The author and journalist Ed Moloney says the Police Service of Northern Ireland encouraged a member of murder victim Jean McConville’s family to support a case against Adams in return for the tapes, which would later be available for use in any civil action brought against Adams. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com