The integrity of the criminal
justice system has been damaged by the controversial On the Runs scheme,
a parliamentary watchdog has said.
The Northern Ireland Affairs
committee said the "one-sided, secretive scheme of letters" sent to
over 180 Irish republicans should never have existed.It came to light when one letter caused the Hyde Park bomb trial to collapse.
The On The Runs (OTRs) were republicans suspected of involvement in terrorist crimes but who had never been charged.
The scheme involved the provision of so-called "comfort letters" by the government designed to give them assurances that they were not being sought by police.
One of those who held a letter was John Downey who had been accused of the murders of four soldiers in the IRA Hyde Park bomb in 1982.
The report published on Tuesday said the people of Northern Ireland had been "kept in the dark to the greatest possible extent".
It said the lawfulness of such letters was questionable.
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