Police investigating murder and robbery are finally to get access to interviews a former loyalist prisoner gave to an American university project. Senior judges in Belfast today lifted an injunction on the PSNI taking possession of Winston "Winkie" Rea's recorded account to Boston College researchers. Detectives were present with a bag ready for the handover of tapes which had been held under lock and key at the Royal Courts of Justice. They were given the all-clear after lawyers for Rea confirmed their final bid to secure a block had been turned down. The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg refused to grant an interim prohibition as part of last-ditch efforts to stop the PSNI from...
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