Judicial Review Judgment regarding Police Failings in the Investigation into the Murder of Rosaleen O Kane in 1976

Neutral Citation No:     Judgment: approved by the court for handing down (subject to editorial corrections)* Ref:                HUM12178       Delivered:     30/05/2023     IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE IN NORTHERN IRELAND ___________   KING’S BENCH DIVISION (JUDICIAL REVIEW) ___________   IN THE MATTER OF AN APPLICATION BY KATHLEEN GRAHAM FOR JUDICIAL…

Judge brands police failures to investigate 1976 murder of Belfast woman Rosaleen O’Kane ‘egregious and inexplicable’

Judge brands police failures to investigate 1976 murder of Belfast woman Rosaleen O’Kane ‘egregious and inexplicable’ Rosaleen O’Kane, murdered in her north Belfast flat in 1976 Alan Erwin Today at 14:02 Police failures to properly investigate the suspected sectarian murder of a north Belfast woman 47 years ago are “shocking and disgraceful”, the High Court…

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Police “unlawfully given up” pursuing lead on unsolved murder of Rosaleen O Kane – Judicial Review Court hears

Police `unlawfully given up’ pursuing lead on unsolved murder of Rosaleen O’Kane Rosaleen Kane 26 April, 2023 17:25 Counsel for relatives of Rosaleen O’Kane claimed the PSNI has failed in its legal duty to probe information naming three individuals potentially involved in a death described as a “whodunit mystery” Police have unlawfully given up pursuing…

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Attorney General Directs Fresh Inquest into British Army Killing of Thomas Burns on 13th July 1972, Belfast

JOINT PRESS RELEASE HARTE COYLE COLLINS SOLICITORS & ADVOCATES & RELATIVES FOR JUSTICE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR NORTHERN IRELAND GRANTS FRESH INQUEST INTO THE DEATH OF THOMAS BURNS SHOT BY BRITISH ARMY ON 13th JULY 1972 IN BELFAST ISSUED 31ST MARCH 2023 On the 30th March 2023 the Attorney General for Northern Ireland directed a fresh…

Preliminary Hearing in Inquest into Fatal Shooting of 15 Year Old Patrick Crawford in RVH on 10th August 1975

‘Considerable work’ needed before inquest resumes into teenager’s shooting death Laganside Court in Belfast (Liam McBurney/PA) — © Liam McBurney By Rebecca Black, PAPA Media Yesterday at 16:10 – 28th March 2023  There is a “considerable” amount of work to be done ahead of the resumption of an inquest into the death of a teenager who was…