The Scottish government has announced a public inquiry into police failings allowing a prolific rapist to escape justice for 25 years. The inquiry also involves major police failings concerning a serial killer protected by the British state during the Troubles. An investigation into why the British police allowed a violent offender to roam free for decades is underway. The Kenova report calls for a UK government apology for Northern Ireland deaths related to a British mole in the IRA.
"Many of the cases investigated by Kenova, do not feature Scappaticci at all, he was not the only Stakeknife" says the solicitor for Operation Kenova families. He adds that today's report "signposts the need for further probing." https://t.co/PAiZ4D1jU3 https://t.co/wDmdx9aHIX
'The UK government should apologise to the Kenova families for the failures of the security forces to protect the lives of their loved ones,' says chief constable Jon Boutcher. https://t.co/AHTjCXSNcB 📺 Sky 501 and YouTube https://t.co/vy3dxgWkyJ
During the Troubles, the security forces operated in a "uniquely challenging environment" says Chief constable Jon Boutcher. "Mistake were inevitable" he adds. https://t.co/31bmBshdVD 📺 Sky 501 and YouTube https://t.co/POLELEUwpy
"You are not mad. This was happening and this should not have happened." Chief constable Jon Boutcher addresses bereaved families following the release of the Kenova report on the activities of a British mole inside the IRA. https://t.co/ZCcCz42esW 📺 Sky 501 https://t.co/E3QMgfypNR
‘Stakeknife’ report calls for UK government apology for Northern Ireland deaths https://t.co/lEUzrNG6Vu via @ft
🔺LIVE: The police investigation has examined allegations that Freddie Scappaticci tortured and murdered IRA informants — and that his handlers knew this and protected him ⬇️ https://t.co/bSEM532u2E
Scappaticci: The IRA executioner next door https://t.co/jFSXzY3BY4
The interim findings of a seven-year investigation into murders linked to the British Army's most prized mole in the IRA will be published later. 🔗 Read more https://t.co/EdLebSR6qD
Talk about opening Pandora's box: an investigation into why Britain's police allowed a serial violent offender to roam free for decades, if it is even mildly honest, will have to conclude it is because of a series of political decisions mean police do not arrest criminals. https://t.co/SX9ntasreK
The Scottish government has announced a public inquiry examining major police failings that allowed one of the UK's most prolific rapists to escape justice for a quarter of a century ⬇️ https://t.co/eRbU3UZ3Sc
🔎 In depth: Stakeknife: the serial killer that the British state protected Freddie Scappaticci’s victims were beaten and tortured until they admitted to being informants ⬇️ https://t.co/VYVmQDdPbZ
The Scottish government has announced a public inquiry examining major police failings that allowed one of the UK's most prolific rapists to escape justice for a quarter of a century. Sky's @ConnorGillies reports the latest from this announcement. https://t.co/L1LCMl10Fk https://t.co/wHCJkWJEai
BREAKING: The Scottish Government has announced a public inquiry examining major police failings that allowed one of the UK's most prolific rapists to escape justice Read more: https://t.co/j9FbXYQrg1
A public inquiry examining major police failings that allowed one of the UK's most prolific rapists to escape justice for a quarter of a century, Justice and Home Affairs Secretary Angela Constance announces in Holyrood. 🔗 https://t.co/oTSgDRq14k 📺 Sky 501 and YouTube https://t.co/8jBIRxz9Lj
Freddie Scappaticci a senior figure in the IRA’s internal security unit, was a killer. Yet for the last 20 years of his life, he lived under the protection of the British state ⬇️ https://t.co/4bfZLFGa4c
New: Watchdog asked to open inquiry into PSNI spying on journalists https://t.co/rsW3MYr6ih @BarryBelfast70 @trevorbirney @ComputerWeekly @PatrickCorrigan @NUJofficial
Stakeknife case saw 32 considered for prosecution https://t.co/PkUA8tj7zq
Emma Caldwell's murderer and 'Scotland's worst sex offender' to appeal life sentence https://t.co/TADdR4l4pQ