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…

Suspected loyalist murder victim’s sister granted leave to challenge police investigation into death

The sister of a north Belfast woman believed to have been brutally murdered 46 years ago has won High Court permission to challenge an alleged failure to properly investigate her death. Kathleen Graham was granted leave into claims that police breached an obligation to fully probe the suspected sectarian killing of 33-year-old Rosaleen O’Kane. Mr…

Rosaleen O Kane

Belfast High Court Grants Leave for Judicial Review of Police Failure to Investigate 1976 Murder of Rosaleen O Kane

PRESS RELEASE High Court Grants Leave for Judicial Review Hearing into Murder of Rosaleen O Kane in North Belfast in 1976 Harte Coyle Collins, Solicitors & Advocates 22nd November 2022 Lawyers for Kathleen Graham & James O Kane, sister and brother of Rosaleen O Kane who was murdered in her flat in North Belfast in…

FINBAR MCGRILEN’S DAUGHTER SPEAKS OF HER FATHER’S DEATH AFTER CORONER FINDS POLICE NEGLIGENCE CONTRIBUTED TO HIS MURDER

PRESS RELEASE ISSUED 27th SEPTEMBER 2022 BY HARTE COYLE COLLINS SOLICITORS & ADVOCATES INQUEST INTO THE DEATHS OF FINBARR MCGRILLEN & CARON SMYTH STATEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE MCGRILLEN FAMILY In his conclusions from a 2 week inquest into the deaths of and Finbarr McGrillen and Caron Smyth on the 12/12/2013 Belfast Coroner Mr Joe…