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Police Ombudsman: Investigation Into ‘Protect Our Monuments’

The Police Ombudsman has concluded that the PSNI investigation into a ‘Protect Our Monuments’ protest in Belfast on 13 June 2020 was ‘closed prematurely’ following a failure to access and exploit intelligence which may have led to the identification of the protest organisers.