2007 Media Releases
Published Date:
06.12.2007
The Police Ombudsman's Office has upheld a complaint that police were wrong when they refused to initiate an investigation into suspicions of fraud in relation to money raised during charity football matches...
Published Date:
16.10.2007
A Police Ombudsman investigation has established that police did not have any prior knowledge which could have helped them prevent the terrorist attack in Greysteel. On 25th March 1993 the UFF carried out an...
Published Date:
19.09.2007
The Police Ombudsman, Mrs Nuala O'Loan, has said an abusive and inherently dangerous leaflet and a death threat made against the solicitor Rosemary Nelson were not handled properly by the police.Mrs O'Loan s...
Published Date:
14.09.2007
The Police Ombudsman has praised a police officer who "did the right thing" by reporting a colleague who hit a man in the face while the man was restrained in handcuffs. The PSNI Sergeant reported ...
Published Date:
25.07.2007
The Police Ombudsman has concluded that police correctly handled the investigation into the death of an 18-year-old Royal Irish Regiment soldier whose suicide in 2001 was alleged to have followed bullying in...
Published Date:
18.07.2007
The Police Ombudsman, Mrs Nuala O'Loan has called on the government to ensure her Office has the funds it needs to carry out her statutory duty of investigating murders from the past which have been re...
Published Date:
03.07.2007
The Police Ombudsman has praised a police officer for his quick thinking in discharging his firearm during an incident reminiscent of one of the most gruesome images of 'the Troubles.'The incident began on M...
Published Date:
22.05.2007
A Police Ombudsman investigation into an incident in which a 31-year-old man sustained serious head injuries when he fell as police cleared a crowd from an illegal rave, has found no evidence of police misco...