Post by earl on Jan 21, 2008 17:02:38 GMT
D'Oh!!
A laptop containing confidential information linked to the inquiry into the murder of loyalist paramilitary Billy Wright, has been stolen.
The computer, belonging to a barrister who represents prison service staff in the inquiry, contains the details of a number of people in Northern Ireland.
The PSNI and the Crown Solicitor's Office are notifying them and assessing any implications of the theft.
The laptop was stolen from the barrister's office in London.
An NIO statement said the theft was being investigated by the City of London Police, in liaison with the PSNI.
It added that the secretary of state viewed it with serious concern.
Wright, the 37-year-old leader of the loyalist Volunteer Force, was shot dead inside the Maze Prison in 1997 by members of the republican Irish National Liberation Army.
Former Northern Ireland Secretary Paul Murphy announced the public inquiry into Wright's killing in November 2004 following allegations of security force collusion in his murder.
A laptop containing confidential information linked to the inquiry into the murder of loyalist paramilitary Billy Wright, has been stolen.
The computer, belonging to a barrister who represents prison service staff in the inquiry, contains the details of a number of people in Northern Ireland.
The PSNI and the Crown Solicitor's Office are notifying them and assessing any implications of the theft.
The laptop was stolen from the barrister's office in London.
An NIO statement said the theft was being investigated by the City of London Police, in liaison with the PSNI.
It added that the secretary of state viewed it with serious concern.
Wright, the 37-year-old leader of the loyalist Volunteer Force, was shot dead inside the Maze Prison in 1997 by members of the republican Irish National Liberation Army.
Former Northern Ireland Secretary Paul Murphy announced the public inquiry into Wright's killing in November 2004 following allegations of security force collusion in his murder.
