THE ROSEMARY NELSON
INQUIRY News Release issued by The Government News Network on 15
April 2008
The Rosemary
Nelson Inquiry will begin its full Hearings today (Tuesday 15 April).
The Inquiry has gathered tens of thousands of documents relating
to its investigation from a wide variety of sources. More than 350
people have been invited to provide witness statements and live
witness evidence is not expected to begin before the week of 28
April 2008.
The Full Participants in the Inquiry are Rosemary Nelson's
family and other organisations; the Police Service of Northern
Ireland (PSNI), the police officers who conducted the original
murder investigation, the Northern Ireland Office, the Ministry of
Defence and the Security Service.
The Inquiry is being conducted by a Panel of three:
* Sir
Michael Morland, Chairman of the Inquiry, a retired Judge of the
High Court of England and Wales.
* Dame Valerie Strachan,
former Chairman of the Board of HM Customs and Excise
* Sir
Anthony Burden, former Chief Constable of South Wales Police
A team of former police officers, headed by Robert Ayling
(formerly Acting Chief Constable of Kent) was asked to prepare a
report on whether the investigation of Rosemary Nelson's
murder was conducted with due diligence. The team examined
thousands of documents generated during the original murder
investigation and Mr Ayling's finished report has been
submitted to the Inquiry.
Notes to Editors
1. The Rosemary Nelson Inquiry was announced
by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, the Rt Hon Paul
Murphy MP on 16 November 2004.
2. Its Terms of Reference are: "To inquire into the death of
Rosemary Nelson with a view to determining whether any wrongful
act or omission by or within the Royal Ulster Constabulary,
Northern Ireland Office, Army or other state agency facilitated
her death or obstructed the investigation of it, or whether
attempts were made to do so; whether any such act or omission was
intentional or negligent; whether the investigation of her death
was carried out with due diligence; and to make recommendations".
3. Further details of the Full Participants and their
representatives and a summary of the consequences of Full
Participant status appear on the Inquiry's website: http://www.rosemarynelsoninquiry.org
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