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| Troubles team asks for more time | |
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| The head of the team re-examining unsolved murders during the Troubles has admitted they will need much longer to complete their work. | The head of the team re-examining unsolved murders during the Troubles has admitted they will need much longer to complete their work. |
| The Historical Enquiries Team was set up three years ago and given six years to re-examine more than 3,200 deaths. | The Historical Enquiries Team was set up three years ago and given six years to re-examine more than 3,200 deaths. |
| Director Dave Cox said they had only got as far as 1974 and would need an extra three years. | Director Dave Cox said they had only got as far as 1974 and would need an extra three years. |
| The HET, which is based in Lisburn and employs 180 people, has used up half of the £34m allocated to it. | The HET, which is based in Lisburn and employs 180 people, has used up half of the £34m allocated to it. |
| The team is looking into the deaths, some of which go back as far as 1968, in chronological order. | The team is looking into the deaths, some of which go back as far as 1968, in chronological order. |
| Mr Cox said: "I think it unlikely, indeed, that we will have looked at all the cases by the original six-year period. | Mr Cox said: "I think it unlikely, indeed, that we will have looked at all the cases by the original six-year period. |
| "I would anticipate there would be an over-run of certainly two, maybe three years." | "I would anticipate there would be an over-run of certainly two, maybe three years." |