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“Niente collusione” ma lo Stato non difese Rosemary Nelson

No ‘collusion’ in Rosemary Nelson murder

There is no evidence of police collusion in the murder of Lurgan solicitor Rosemary Nelson, the Secretary of State has announced.

Rosemary NelsonOwen Paterson said the inquiry found “no evidence of any act by or within any of the state agencies … which directly facilitated” the killing.

However, the Northern Ireland Office and the Royal Ulster Constabulary “failed to take reasonable and proportionate steps” to safeguard her life.

Mr Paterson said he was “profoundly sorry” that “omissions by the state” had made Rosemary Nelson “more at risk and more vulnerable.”

Mrs Nelson, 40, was killed when a bomb planted by the loyalist Red Hand Defenders detonated under her car as she left her home in Lurgan on 15 March 1999.

The mother-of-three represented a number of high profile republicans, including Colin Duffy, who is currently in jail charged with the murder of two soldiers outside Massareene army base in March 2009.

Mrs Nelson also took on the prominent role of legal adviser to a Catholic residents’ group that opposed Orange Order marches in the infamous Drumcree parade stand-off.

Human rights groups raised concerns about the solicitor’s safety following claims of intimidation by security forces and loyalist paramilitaries.

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Di professione grafico e web designer, sono appassionato di trekking e innamorato dell'Irlanda e della sua storia. Insieme ad Andrea Varacalli ho creato e gestisco Les Enfants Terribles.

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