2000-2010 Media Releases
Published Date:
20.02.2009
An investigation by the Police Ombudsman's Office has found that the presentation of a photograph to the judge at the Omagh bomb trial with respect to the discovery of an unexploded mortar bomb at Altmore Fo...
Full public statement: Police evidence during trial
Published Date:
28.01.2009
The Police Ombudsman, Mr Al Hutchinson, has given a general welcome to the proposals which have been announced for dealing with Northern Ireland's past, but has said the concept of independent investigation ...
Published Date:
26.01.2009
The Police Ombudsman's Office has issued an appeal for information in relation to the anti-war protest held earlier this month in Londonderry/Derry. The Office has received and is investigating a complaint f...
Published Date:
31.12.2008
The Police Ombudsman is investigating the police use of a taser during an incident at Templepatrick in the early hours of this morning (Wednesday 31 December 2008).At approximately 4.30am police were called ...
Published Date:
29.11.2008
The Police Ombudsman has appealed for witnesses after police discharged a taser during an incident at a shopping centre in west Belfast. The incident, the first use of a taser by police in the city, happened...
Published Date:
23.11.2008
The Police Ombudsman has appealed for information following the discovery of a man's body in the Galgorm Road area of Ballymena.The body of the 43-year-old man was discovered by a member of the public on Fri...
Published Date:
16.11.2008
POLICE OMBUDSMAN APPEALS FOR INFORMATION AFTER IMPACT ROUNDS DISCHARGED AT BALLYBEENThe Police Ombudsman has appealed for information after police discharged AEPs - attenuated energy projectiles, the replace...
Published Date:
05.08.2008
The Police Ombudsman's Office has found that police failed to properly investigate the disappearance of 15-year-old Arlene Arkinson from Castlederg in County Tyrone in 1994.
Published Date:
24.07.2008
The attitude of police officers to the Police Ombudsman's Office has improved slightly in recent years, according to a research report which has just been published. An independent survey of the attitudes of...
Published Date:
09.07.2008
The number of complaints made against police officers in Northern Ireland fell by 10% during the 2007/8 financial year, according to figures published today in the Police Ombudsman's annual report.The annual...