2015 Media Releases
Published Date:
12.11.2015
The Police Ombudsman, Dr Michael Maguire, has found no evidence to support concerns that police did not intervene to stop a sectarian attack in Coleraine in which a number of people were injured, one of who...
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04.11.2015
A motorist who drove the wrong way down a one-way street was recommended for prosecution because a police officer had forgotten his fixed penalty notices, an investigation by the Police Ombudsman’s Office ha...
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28.10.2015
The Police Ombudsman has concluded that a police officer was justified in firing a baton round at a 17-year-old armed with a knife during an incident in west Belfast on 9 March 2014.
Published Date:
21.10.2015
The Police Ombudsman’s Office recently provided an interim file to the Director of Public Prosecutions containing information gathered in one of its ongoing and complex investigations.
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14.10.2015
Poor record keeping by a police officer led to the collapse of a prosecution case against a motorist suspected of driving while disqualified, an investigation by the Police Ombudsman’s Office has concluded.
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30.09.2015
Two police officers who were accused of failing to care for a 14 year-old girl after they arrested her father have been cleared following an investigation by the Police Ombudsman's Office.
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25.09.2015
The Police Ombudsman has appealed for witnesses to a fatal collision which happened at around 5.00am on Monday 21st September near Junction 10 of the M1.
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22.09.2015
The Police Ombudsman has concluded that a police officer failed to summon medical assistance for a man who had been attacked outside a nightclub, and who said he was later told by medical staff that he was "...
Published Date:
15.09.2015
The Police Ombudsman has concluded that police were justified in using CS Spray against a 17-year-old in Ballymena on Boxing Day 2014.
Published Date:
11.09.2015
A police officer has been disciplined for failing to provide the Public Prosecution Service with CCTV evidence following a street disturbance in Omagh in December 2012.