PSNI issues formal apology over custody treatment in 1970s

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PSNI issues formal apology over custody treatment in 1970s

A number of individuals as well as the next of kin of deceased individuals have been written to.

Kevin Hannaway, one of the 14 Hooded men

Date - 13th June 2023
By - Cachella Smith

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The Police Service of Northern Ireland has issued formal apologies to the ‘Hooded Men’ – men subjected to treatment in custody that the force has acknowledged “would likely be characterised as torture”. It came after...

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