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| Nuala O'Loan: Chief Constable 'must' share information | Nuala O'Loan: Chief Constable 'must' share information |
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| A former police ombudsman of Northern Ireland says the chief constable is bound by law to hand over information about allegations of criminal behaviour and misconduct by police officers. | |
| Baroness Nuala O'Loan was speaking on the BBC programme The View. | Baroness Nuala O'Loan was speaking on the BBC programme The View. |
| Matt Baggott faces legal action from the current ombudsman, Michael Maguire. | Matt Baggott faces legal action from the current ombudsman, Michael Maguire. |
| The PSNI has said it has a legal responsibility for the care and management of all information that it holds. | |
| The information concerned relates to about 60 historic murders and other incidents. | The information concerned relates to about 60 historic murders and other incidents. |
| Baroness O'Loan told The View that the law was clear. | |
| She said: "There is no reason for any negotiation or anything. | She said: "There is no reason for any negotiation or anything. |
| "The chief constable is under duty to pass the information over. | "The chief constable is under duty to pass the information over. |
| "The responsibility is then on the police ombudsman to take such measures as are necessary to protect the lives of any informants. | "The responsibility is then on the police ombudsman to take such measures as are necessary to protect the lives of any informants. |
| "The police cannot argue that they have no duty to hand this information over. | "The police cannot argue that they have no duty to hand this information over. |
| "It's absolutely explicit. | "It's absolutely explicit. |
| "Parliament made its will clear." | "Parliament made its will clear." |
| Baroness O'Loan was Northern Ireland's first police ombudsman, between 1999 and 2007. | Baroness O'Loan was Northern Ireland's first police ombudsman, between 1999 and 2007. |