BOMB PROBE REPORT AUTHOR TO QUIT O'LOAN'S OFFICE
Bomb probe report author to quit O'Loan's office
THE senior police officer who compiled the report by the Northern Ireland Ombudsman into the Omagh bomb investigation is to return to England, it was confirmed this week.
Martin Bridger is to leave his post as senior investigator.
The report he prepared for Nuala O'Loan, the Ombudsman, was highly critical of some aspects of the way the investigation was handled by the RUC.
A spokesman for the Ombudsman's office said Mr Bridger was returning to the Metropolitan Police after a two-year secondment.
Meanwhile, Mr Michael Gallagher, chairman of the Omagh Self-Help Group, paid tribute to Mr Bridger's work here.
He said there was no question that Mr Bridger was the main person who "pushed for the truth to come out".
"Martin was very brave in that some things he said and did were not very popular among certain elements of the RUC. His overriding loyalty was to the families who lost loved ones in Omagh and we were very lucky to have someone of his capabilities fighting to get the truth for us," he said.
THE senior police officer who compiled the report by the Northern Ireland Ombudsman into the Omagh bomb investigation is to return to England, it was confirmed this week.
Martin Bridger is to leave his post as senior investigator.
The report he prepared for Nuala O'Loan, the Ombudsman, was highly critical of some aspects of the way the investigation was handled by the RUC.
A spokesman for the Ombudsman's office said Mr Bridger was returning to the Metropolitan Police after a two-year secondment.
Meanwhile, Mr Michael Gallagher, chairman of the Omagh Self-Help Group, paid tribute to Mr Bridger's work here.
He said there was no question that Mr Bridger was the main person who "pushed for the truth to come out".
"Martin was very brave in that some things he said and did were not very popular among certain elements of the RUC. His overriding loyalty was to the families who lost loved ones in Omagh and we were very lucky to have someone of his capabilities fighting to get the truth for us," he said.
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Publisher: TYRONE CONSTITUTION
Ref: TC/1588
Published Date: 09-Jan-03
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