IRA killers may have been offered immunity

IRA terror suspects, thought to include the alleged killers of Lord Mountbatten and a British ambassador, were secretly given assurances they were safe from prosecution, according to official documents obtained by The Telegraph. The correspondence suggests the Irish government covertly put in place a scheme promising suspects they did not face arrest. Until now, it was thought assurances were given to suspects – known as “on the runs” – only by the British Government during peace negotiations. However, the minutes of meetings between senior British and Irish officials make it apparent that Ireland was already operating an informal scheme of its own. It raises the prospect that IRA terrorists who committed atrocities in the Irish Republic – including the murders of Earl Mountbatten of Burma and Christopher Ewart-Biggs, the British ambassador to Ireland – were given assurances that they were not facing arrest.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/11626428/lord-mountbatten-murder-letters-ira-killers-immunity.html


Disgusted and appalled does not in cover how utterly disgusted I am if this is true. Want an utter insult to the victims and justice itself.

Didge, I bet you didn't know we were given strict orders not to shoot certain IRA men! Never told why not, just right in the sh.t if we did.

nicko wrote:Didge,   I bet you didn't know we were given strict orders not to shoot certain IRA men! Never told why not, just right in the sh.t if we did.

I was not aware Nicko, it seems you were certainly restrained from carrying out your job. From what I understand many of the IRA were known to the intelligence services, so what you say does make sense.
I am just appalled that known murderers could be given such protection.