Simon Byrne has stepped down as chief constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) with immediate effect. It comes after a month of controversies for the force, and an emergency meeting of the Policing Board last week. Mr Byrne has been under pressure following a major data breach from...
The police chief who led an inquiry into the activities of British Army double-agent ‘Stakeknife’ during ‘The Troubles’ in Northern Ireland, has described claims that his actions saved countless lives as being ‘hugely exaggerated’. Speaking at the publication of his ‘Operation Kenova’ report, chief constable Jon Boutcher from the Police Service of Northern Ireland insists the spy’s actions ‘resulted in more lives being lost than were saved’. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn