The Police Ombudsman has repeated her view that people making allegations of serious sexual crimes against police officers should be “believed in the first instance” – but claims that has been “misinterpreted” as saying her office would pre-determine the outcome of complaints.
The DUP is calling on the Ulster Unionist Party to back its attempt to block reforms of the justice system which would mean children under 14 could not be prosecuted unless they commit crimes such as rape and murder.
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