MURDER VICTIM'S FATHER CALLS FOR INVESTIGATION
Murder victim's father calls for investigation
The father of a young man killed along with thirty others in the Real IRA attack on Omagh in August three years ago has called on the police Ombudsman to investigate claims that the RUC knew about the intended bombing three days before the event.
Michael Gallagher, whose son Adrian died in the atrocity, said "If there's nothing to hide there's no reason why an investigation cannot be carried out."
Following a series of newspaper reports, the Police Ombudsman's office indicated that although there is no formal investigation underway the situation was under review.
The story emerged when an informer to the 'Stevens Inquiry' into loyalist RUC collusion, alleged that he passed intelligence about the bomb and the bomb maker to his 'handlers' in the police special branch.
The newspaper reported that the RUC did not act on the information because it feared it would blow the cover of another 'mole" within the ranks of the Real IRA.
Chief Constable Ronnie Flanagan denied the claims saying they only add to the anguish of the bereaved. However, he has appointed a senior detective to investigate the claims.
It is understood that two formal complaints have been made to the Police Ombudsman in respect of the claims in the Sunday newspaper.
The father of a young man killed along with thirty others in the Real IRA attack on Omagh in August three years ago has called on the police Ombudsman to investigate claims that the RUC knew about the intended bombing three days before the event.
Michael Gallagher, whose son Adrian died in the atrocity, said "If there's nothing to hide there's no reason why an investigation cannot be carried out."
Following a series of newspaper reports, the Police Ombudsman's office indicated that although there is no formal investigation underway the situation was under review.
The story emerged when an informer to the 'Stevens Inquiry' into loyalist RUC collusion, alleged that he passed intelligence about the bomb and the bomb maker to his 'handlers' in the police special branch.
The newspaper reported that the RUC did not act on the information because it feared it would blow the cover of another 'mole" within the ranks of the Real IRA.
Chief Constable Ronnie Flanagan denied the claims saying they only add to the anguish of the bereaved. However, he has appointed a senior detective to investigate the claims.
It is understood that two formal complaints have been made to the Police Ombudsman in respect of the claims in the Sunday newspaper.
Further Information
Publisher: ULSTER HERALD
Ref: UH/0794
Published Date: 09-Aug-01
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