'Police said killing link irrelevant' COURT.POLICE classed evidence in the murder of a Catholic teenager as "irrelevant" to his inquest inquest, in law, a body of men appointed by law to inquire into certain matters. The term also refers to the inquiry itself as well as to the findings of the inquiry. , the High Court heard yesterday. Lawyers for the partner of Gerard Lawlor said a witness told of a sectarian "hit" less than two hours after the 19-year-old was shot dead in North Belfast. Barry MacDonald QC for Siobhan Ramsbottom said: "This is shortly after the relevant event, close to the relevant location and a suggestion by one of the persons running away that they had carried out a hit on a Catholic on the Antrim Road...it points to a conclusion that it's relevant." Two men suspected of being on a scooter scooter: see motorcycle. used in the shooting were arrested but released without charge. The inquest was halted in 2007. Judicial review proceedings brought by Ms Ramsbottom are trying to secure a fresh tribunal after the Ombudsman's probe into alleged collusion An agreement between two or more people to defraud a person of his or her rights or to obtain something that is prohibited by law. A secret arrangement wherein two or more people whose legal interests seemingly conflict conspire to commit Fraud . |
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