Allister challenges both DPP and Chief Constable on Bloody Sunday investigation
06 July 2012
In the wake of the PSNI announcing a special investigation into Bloody Sunday TUV Leader Jim Allister has challenged the Director of Public Prosecutions to exclude himself from any involvement by the PPS in any decisions to prosecute, because of Barra McGrory's involvement in the Inquiry when he appeared for Martin McGuinness. The TUV Leader has also challenged the Chief Constable to extend the investigation into the activities of McGuinness, whom Saville found probably had a sub machine gun, and to include the murders a couple of days earlier of two RUC officers with a sub machine gun.
In a letter to the Director of Public Prosecutions Mr Allister has said:
Dear Director,
Following the PSNI announcement of a murder investigation into events on 'Bloody Sunday', I write to seek an assurance that because of your involvement in the Inquiry you have not played any part in any consultation to date on this matter between the PSNI and the PPS, and equally an assurance that you will not play any part in the issuing of directions or any decisions relevant to the outcome of this investigation.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Yours sincerely,
And in his pointed letter to the Chief Constable he writes:
Dear Chief Constable,
Following the PSNI announcement of a murder investigation into events on 'Bloody Sunday' I am sure there are many relatives from hundreds of unsolved IRA murders who crave such attention to their pursuit of justice, but who alas see no police action or interest.
On the specifics of the Bloody Sunday investigation, how many officers will be devoted to it, for how long and at what estimated cost?
Will your investigation also probe the activities of IRA terrorists, such as Martin McGuinness who was found by Saville to have probably been in possession of a sub machine gun, or is this a wholly one-sided investigation?
Moreover, will you also investigate the murder of two RUC officers in Londonderry just days earlier when a sub machine gun was used, or, again, does such not fit the narrative?
I look forward to hearing from you.
Yours sincerely,
