There is no cross border harmonisation when it comes to long prison terms for murdering police officers

One of the many repugnant aspects of the immoral appeasement process was the early release of unrepentant terrorists.
By Letters
Published 15th Aug 2020, 16:55 BST
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Many of those released were involved in direct attempts to murder police officers regularly, sometimes unfortunately succeeding.

Contrast this to the Irish Republic, where on Thursday the conviction was secured of an individual, Aaron Brady, for murdering a member of the Garda, Adrian Donohoe.

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This despicable act of killing an officer upholding law and order is treated much more severely than here in Northern Ireland, as it is classed as capital murder, carrying a minimum sentence of 40 years.

It speaks volumes that our political and justice system does not, and will not countenance such sentencing.

The whole establishment seems heavily slanted to the sickening leniency towards thwarting cowardly terrorists to keep the precious and so-called ‘peace’ process on track.

This is undoubtedly one element of all-Island harmonisation the IRA and its representatives must be delighted about not advancing, in that it was never considered to be extended to this part of the UK — even at the height of their futile, cowardly campaign.

Stephen Cooper, Comber

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