Keir Starmer urged to ‘do the right thing’ and order public inquiry into Sean Brown murder
British prime minister Sir Keir Starmer has been urged to “do the right thing ” and order a public inquiry into the murder of GAA official Sean Brown.
Northern Ireland’s First Minister, Michelle O’Neill said the Secretary of State has so far failed to do so, and she has written to Sir Keir to urge him to act.
She said Mr Brown’s family had “waited far too long for truth, justice and accountability ”.
The 61-year-old, who was the chairman of Bellaghy Wolfe Tones GAA club in Co Derry, was ambushed, kidnapped and murdered by loyalist paramilitaries as he locked the gates of the club in May 1997.
Last week, three judges at the Court of Appeal in Belfast said the UK government’s failure to order a public inquiry into the killing was unlawful.
Northern Ireland’s Lady Chief Justice Dame Siobhan Keegan said the court would give Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn four weeks to “reflect upon the judgment ” before another Изслушване.
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