THERE should be “no hiding place” permitted for any of those wanted for questioning by An Garda Siochana in connection with Andrew Burns’s murder, the chair of the local District Policing Partnership has said.
Speaking following Tuesday’s sentencing of Martin Kelly (37) by the Special Criminal Court in Dublin for the dissident republican murder of Andrew Burns (27) four years ago, Thomas Kerrigan of the DUP believes the border should never be used as an excuse for avoiding justice. “Co-operation between north and south is the way forward here,” he remarked.
During pre-trial interviews Kelly named three individuals, identified in court only as Mr A, Mr B and Mr C, as being involved in the killing. However, in the wake of these admissions, arrest warrants were issued in the Republic for two of the men named.
To date, no further arrests have been made on either side of the border. “If there can be co-operation between forces north and south then I think there should be no hiding place for these people,’ Mr Kerrigan told the Strabane Chronicle.
“If it’s the case that a person is handed over and they are questioned and adjudged to be innocent, then where is the harm in that? In saying that, it is only right and proper that suspects be questioned.
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