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| Author: | Madeline [ 12 Jun 09, 22:39 ] |
| Post subject: | Journalist fears for her life over info on paramilitaries |
Prison or death: the choice facing editor with a hotline to the Real IRA Journalist tells court she fears for her life if she is forced to hand over information about paramilitaries By David McKittrick in Belfast Independent |
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| Author: | JimD [ 18 Jun 09, 15:09 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Journalist fears for her life over info on paramilitaries |
Journalist wins secrecy battle over Real IRA A journalist won the right today to withhold information about the Real IRA from police after a judge ruled that her life would be in danger if she was forced to hand it over. Suzanne Breen, northern editor of the Dublin-published Sunday Tribune, had been subject to a legal bid by Police Service of Northern Ireland chief constable Sir Hugh Orde, who wanted information on the murders of two British soldiers in March. Northern Ireland-based Miss Breen received the Real IRA's claim of responsibility for shooting dead Sappers Patrick Azimkar, 21, from London, and Mark Quinsey, 23, from Birmingham, at the gates of Massereene Army Base in Antrim. Metro |
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