Chief denies destroying Wright files; INQUEST.Byline: MIRROR REPORTER THE chief election officer yesterday denied being part of a plan to destroy prisoner files linked to Billy Wright. Douglas Bain, who had worked for the Prison Service, was giving evidence at the inquiry into Wright's 1997 murder. His family claim the files were destroyed in a coverup. Mr Bain said it happened without his knowledge. LVF LVF Loyalist Volunteer Force LVF Left Ventricular Function LVF Left Ventricular Failure LVF Linear Variable Filter LVF Libertarian Victory Fund (political fundraising group) LVF Lavatory Vent Fan LVF Line Voltage Fluctuation leader Wright was shot dead by the INLA Noun 1. INLA - a radical terrorist group dedicated to the removal of British forces from Northern Ireland and the unification of Ireland Catholic Reaction Force, Irish National Liberation Army, People's Liberation Army, People's Republican Army at the Maze Prison in 1997 and his family claim there was 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 . At Banbridge Courthouse Mr Bain was asked about the contents of a file which contained a review of the prison service's policy on the retention and disposal of prisoners' records. He said he received legal advice that they were public records and destroying them would "drive a coach and horses through policy". CAPTION(S): EVIDENCE Douglas Bain |
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