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A Grand Court judge has heard arguments on behalf of convicted murderers Osbourne Douglas and Justin Ramoon, who are challenging their transfer four years ago from Cayman’s Northward prison to a maximum-security jail in the UK.
Douglas and Ramoon, who are brothers, are serving 30 and 33 years, respectively, for the 2015 gang-related shooting of Jason Powery. They were transferred from HMP Northward to HMP Belmarsh in 2017, after being deemed a security risk.
At the time, they sought permission for a judicial review to challenge the transfer. That was eventually granted in 2018 and finally heard in Cayman’s Grand Court on Monday, 26 April 2021.
Resource issues should not give the State impunity from ensuring the Police Ombudsman can fulfil a legal duty to investigate controversial Troubles killings, the High Court heard today.
Lawyers for the widow of one of three IRA men shot dead by the SAS claimed a systemic lack of funding for the watchdog amounted to a breach of her human rights.
Gerard Harte, his brother Martin, and Brian Mullan died in an ambush at Drumnakilly, Co Tyrone in 1988.
The number of shots fired sparked claims they were victims of a shoot-to-kill policy.
Roisin Harte was reportedly told in 2018 that a complaint relating to her husband s death had not been prioritised for investigation by the Ombudsman due to a lack of resources. She is now taking legal action over an alleged failure to carry out a proper probe into the wider circumstances because of those budget constraints.
Judgment reserved in legal action over lack of funds of Ombudsman investigation The High Court in Belfast 09 February, 2021 16:47
RESOURCE issues should not give the State impunity from ensuring the Police Ombudsman can fulfil a legal duty to investigate controversial Troubles killings, the High Court heard today.
Lawyers for the widow of one of three IRA men shot dead by the SAS claimed a systemic lack of funding for the watchdog amounted to a breach of her human rights.
Gerard Harte, his brother Martin, and Brian Mullan died in an ambush at Drumnakilly, Co Tyrone in 1988.
The number of shots fired sparked claims they were victims of a shoot-to-kill policy.
A judge has ordered the disclosure of reasons why notorious loyalist killer Michael Stone was freed from prison.
Stone killed three people in a gun and grenade attack at Milltown Cemetery in west Belfast following an IRA funeral.
His lawyer said his life would be in danger if details were made public so the summary document will be shared with legal representatives but kept confidential on a temporary basis.
Action was brought at Belfast’s High Court by a relative of one of Stone’s victims after he was freed earlier this week following a decision by Northern Ireland’s Parole Commission.
Updated / Thursday, 28 Jan 2021
12:30
Michael Stone killed three mourners at Milltown Cemetery in west Belfast in 1988
A judge has ordered the disclosure of reasons why notorious loyalist killer Michael Stone was freed from prison.
Stone killed three people in a gun and grenade attack at Milltown Cemetery in west Belfast following an IRA funeral in 1988.
His lawyer said his life would be in danger if details were made public so the summary document will be shared with legal representatives, but kept confidential on a temporary basis.
Stone had been serving a 30-year jail term.
Mr Justice Adrian Colton said: The applicant seeks an order that parole commissioners should provide the reasons for the decision to release the prisoner.