PROCEDURE

The case originated in an application (no. 34651/04) against the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”) by an Irish national, Mr Michael McGrath (“the applicant”), on 10 September 2004.

The applicant was represented by Madden and Finucane, solicitors practising in Belfast. The United Kingdom Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent, Mr J. Grainger of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London.

The applicant alleged that there had been no adequate investigation into allegations of collusion and/or involvement by security forces in his being seriously injured, nor any effective remedy for the same. He invoked Articles 2 and 13 of the Convention.

By a decision of 6 March 2007 the Court declared the application admissible.

The applicant and the Government each filed further written observations (Rule 59 § 1), to which they each responded with further written comments (Rule 59 § 1). The Chamber decided, after consulting the parties, that no hearing on the merits was required (Rule 59 § 3 in fine).

THE FACTS

I. THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE

The applicant was born in 1922 and lives in Granemore, County Armagh.

A. The attack on the applicant and the initial investigation

At about 10.40 p.m., shortly after closing time, on 6 June 1976, a police officer in the Royal Ulster Constabulary (“RUC”) drove a car, stolen by RUC Reserve Constable Laurence McClure, up to the Rock Bar, a public house. The applicant was leaving the bar at that time. He was shot twice in the stomach by McClure, who then placed a 10lb gelignite bomb against the door of the pub. The detonator exploded but the bomb failed to explode. At the later trial a reserve police constable, William McCaughey, stated that shots were fired by his companions at the injured man on the ground and then he fired a number of shots through the window of the bar. Bullet strike marks were later found around the darts board inside the bar, where there had been seventeen people. No-one else was physically injured.

The applicant was taken to hospital in an ambulance and police attended the scene, sealing off the area while an army technical officer examined the explosive device and ensured that it was in a safe condition. A Scene of Crime Officer examined the scene, took possession of material associated with the bomb and a gun recovered from a burnt out car found approximately one mile away, which police linked to the attack. Photographs of the bar were taken and maps prepared.

B. The investigations concerning McCaughey and Weir

The investigation did not close and became active again in 1978, when a Catholic priest Father Hugh Murphy was abducted by loyalist paramilitaries intending to use him as a hostage vis-à-vis the IRA. In the course of the investigation, the police arrested McCaughey, who, in the course of questioning, revealed his part in the abduction of the priest and in a variety of other loyalist paramilitary incidents. McCaughey made allegations incriminating himself and police officer McClure in respect of the Rock Bar attack. McClure was arrested and admitted involvement. Two further serving police officers, Ian Mitchell and David Wilson, also admitted involvement in, or prior knowledge of, the attack on the bar. McCaughey admitted firing the shot which wounded the applicant.

The applicant was aware that charges were pending against four police officers. He had been contacted by the police in April 1980 and summoned to appear in Belfast Crown Court on 23 April 1980. He was subsequently advised of various date changes and then that the case was postponed and that he would be contacted. In fact the hearing took place on 30 June 1980. The applicant had not been informed and learned about the outcome on the radio.

Three men, McCaughey, McClure and Mitchell, faced charges of attempted murder of the applicant, wounding the applicant with intent contrary to section 18 of the Offences against the Persons Act 1961, attempted murder of the persons inside the bar, causing an explosion contrary to section 2 of the Explosives Substances Act 1883, possession of explosive substances with intent to endanger life or cause serious injury and possession of firearms and ammunition with intent. The three officers pleaded not guilty to the charges of attempted murder; McClure and Mitchell pleaded not guilty to wounding the applicant. The Director of Public Prosecutions (“the DPP”) entered a nolle prosequi in respect of those charges which accordingly were not proceeded with. No reasons were given for this decision. The only person facing a charge concerning the applicant was McCaughey, who received a term of seven years for wounding him. McClure was sentenced to two years' imprisonment for causing an explosion, possession of an explosive substance with intent and possession of firearms and ammunition with intent, all sentences suspended for three years. Another RUC officer, David Wilson, was charged with withholding information contrary to section 5(1) of the Criminal Law (Northern Ireland) Act 1967, based on the fact that he had been aware of the attack beforehand and had not taken any steps to prevent it.

With the exception of McCaughey, the other officers received suspended prison terms. In sentencing, Lord Lowry stated inter alia: “... It does not seem realistic to believe that after all that they have endured – some with their careers in ruins, others with their careers in jeopardy- that they require much by way of deterrent or by way of reform, and no proper sentence which I pass will make an impression on terrorists while other members of the police force are no doubt already embarrassed, sufficiently embarrassed and shocked by what has happened in these cases and been seen to happen to their colleagues. ... I must remember that whatever sentence is just it would follow that it would be imposed on a different and lower scale from that appropriate to terrorists, no matter whichever side, whose aim is to achieve their political ends by violence and to attack the very fabric of society.”

It had been advanced by the defence and accepted by the trial judge that McCaughey had only aimed to shoot the applicant in the legs and had done so.

McClure had also been facing charges in relation to his involvement in the attack on Donnelly's Bar, Silverbridge, in 1975 in which three people had been killed (see application no. 32457/04, Brecknell v. the United Kingdom). These charges were later dropped.

In the course of the investigation in 1978, McCaughey made revelations giving rise to investigations in eleven specific cases, some of which were linked in terms of the identities of those involved, the modus operandi or by virtue of the ballistic examinations of weapons used. Nine suspects were arrested in total, including five police officers, and all were eventually charged with offences.

One of those implicated was a police officer John Weir who was named as having been involved in the murder of a shopkeeper called Strathearn in Ahoghill in April 1977: he was convicted for that murder in June 1980 and sentenced to life imprisonment. The Government stated that both McCaughey and Weir refused to name the two loyalist paramilitaries also involved with them in the murder unless they received immunity from prosecution. The police and prosecuting authority took the decision prior to the trial not to enter into any process of bargaining with Weir and McCaughey. While both were approached by the police after their convictions to see if at that stage they would give evidence against the loyalist paramilitaries, each again refused to do so unless there was something in it for themselves. The Government stated that during the period in which Weir was detained he was interviewed on a large number of occasions. At no time did he implicate himself or others in any offence other than the Strathearn murder.

C. The Weir allegations and the response of the authorities

On 1 February 1993 John Weir was released from prison on licence. In January 1999, he made a statement to a journalist alleging RUC and Ulster Defence Regiment (“UDR“) collusion with loyalist paramilitaries from the Portadown area in the mid-1970s. This statement was published in the Sunday Times newspaper in March 1999. It was obtained by the Patrick Finucane Centre, a human rights non-governmental organisation in Derry (“the Centre”).

John Weir's statement made detailed allegations about security force collusion with loyalist paramilitaries in a series of incidents. He alleged inter alia that RUC Reserve Constable Laurence McClure had told him that the murder of the Reavey family members was carried out by Robert McConnell, a member of the UDR, Laurence McClure, Johnny Mitchell, another Reserve Constable in the RUC and McClure's brother who was not a member of the security forces. The statement also made links between this incident and other attacks allegedly carried out by members of the security forces, both RUC and UDR, and loyalist paramilitaries. This group used the farmhouse in Glennane owned by James Mitchell, a RUC reservist, as a base from which to carry out attacks on Catholics and nationalists. Other attacks allegedly included the murder of Colm McCartney and Sean Farmer at a bogus vehicle checkpoint in August 1975 (see application no. 34575/04); the attack on Donnelly's Bar in which Trevor Brecknell, Michael Donnelly and Patrick Donnelly were killed (see application no. 32457/04); and the murder of Joseph, Barry and Declan O'Dowd and wounding of Barney O'Dowd (see application no. 34622/04). Weir also linked these attacks to the Dublin and Monaghan bombings in which 33 people were killed in the Republic of Ireland.

On or about 10 June 1999, RTE, an Irish television channel, broadcast a television programme that contained allegations of security force involvement in a number of deaths, including that of Trevor Brecknell. Weir made allegations on that programme that members of the RUC and UDR were directly involved in the attack on Donnelly's Bar. A BBC Spotlight programme produced a similar documentary dealing with these allegations.

These allegations attracted considerable attention on both sides of the Irish border and became the subject of police investigation in both jurisdictions. The Government stated that the police investigation in Northern Ireland was focussed on determining whether Weir's allegations should be assessed as sufficiently credible to require a full investigation. They obtained from the journalist an edited transcript of the interview with Weir. While his whereabouts were unknown to the RUC, Weir met with senior Irish police officers at the Irish Embassy on 15 April 1999. A copy of his statement was provided by the Garda to the RUC, along with a further statement made by Weir to another journalist dated 3 February 1999. The police analysed the available materials and sought to identify the personalities to be interviewed. It became apparent that some had died and that others, living abroad, could not be traced. A series of seven interviews were conducted, under cautions, between July and December 2001, of those individuals central to Weir's account who could be traced. No charges were preferred. The interviews followed the format of Weir's allegations being put to the interviewee for his or her response. The predominant response was denial of any involvement and claims that Weir had been untruthful. No admissions were made by any interviewee. Interviews were also conducted with less central personalities and with police officers involved in interviewing Weir in 1978. The latter stated that Weir had not mentioned the matters now being alleged.

Meetings were held regularly with RUC counterparts in the Republic of Ireland. The RUC co-operated also with the judicial inquiry established in the Republic of Ireland into the Dublin and Monaghan bombings (see the description of the inquiry in the case of Brecknell referred to above). Amongst matters about which the RUC team provided information to the inquiry was ballistics information which linked some of the weapons used to more than one incident. In February 2000 a substantial report was compiled by the RUC for the Garda dealing with Weir's allegations. It profiled Weir and dealt inter alia with a description of the 1978 investigation into McCaughey, Weir and others. It concluded that the investigation would continue but that his credibility was in doubt. According to the Government, despite inquiries being conducted, Weir's whereabouts could not be traced. This report was not disclosed as the investigation was continuing. An internal RUC report dated 27 February 2001 concluded that it would be necessary to interview Weir before any view could be finalised in respect of the credibility of his allegations: such interview was not possible as his whereabouts were not known. The report noted the absence of any previous mention of the allegations before 1999 and that much of what he said was hearsay and speculation. Enquiries made of the British Embassy in Nigeria (where he had a known address) and the criminal intelligence service and others failed to locate Weir. Contact was made with the Garda and the secretariat of the Inquiry into the Dublin and Monaghan bombings without positive result.

The Serious Crime Review Team (“SCRT”) was established in March 2004, with responsibilities including the review of all historical murders by way of case assessment for evidential and investigative opportunities.

Unlike the other case (Brecknell, Reavey, O'Dowd and McCartney, cited above), the Rock Bar case was not referred to the SCRT. This was because it was not a murder case and there had been four convictions. Nonetheless because of connections with other cases, the case was also referred to the Historical Enquiry Team (HET). The HET director of Investigations, Detective Chief Superintendent James of the London Metropolitan Police Force, took over personal supervision of the investigation which has progressed through the first three of five stages of the HET process (collection of all relevant material; assessment of the investigations to date; review of evidence, with intelligence and open and non-police sources, together with a meeting with the families of the victims of the attack). As a number of investigative opportunities were identified and to be followed up, the case was to continue to be processed by HET, which had been put in touch with Weir by the Centre. The Government submitted that if any evidence of police involvement in the murders was found, the Office of the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland would then become involved. The Government have provided recent information that Weir finally agreed to meet with the HET in Dublin; he refused, however, to make a written statement or to give evidence in court. There has been contact between the police and the applicant, as well as with the Centre acting on behalf of a number of concerned families. In particular, there were meetings in September 2002 with Detective Chief Inspector Paterson, and a meeting with the Chief Constable in June and August 2004; in May 2006, Detective Chief Superintendent James met the applicant together with the person who owned the bar at the time; and there has also been extensive correspondence with the families or their representatives.

D. Application for judicial review concerning the inadequacy of the investigation

See Brecknell, cited above (§§ 39-41).

E. Reports of the Independent Commissions of Inquiry (Republic of Ireland)

See Brecknell, cited above (§§ 42-49).
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LOC
QUASI
Glennane
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-83482_a8_e64
001-83482_a8_em100
PERSON
QUASI
James Mitchell
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-83482_a8_e18
001-83482_a8_em101
ORG
NO_MASK
RUC
BELIEF
check
001-83482_a8_e65
001-83482_a8_em102
DEM
QUASI
Catholics
BELIEF
check
001-83482_a8_e66
001-83482_a8_em103
DEM
NO_MASK
nationalists
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-83482_a8_e67
001-83482_a8_em104
PERSON
QUASI
Colm McCartney
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-83482_a8_e68
001-83482_a8_em105
PERSON
QUASI
Sean Farmer
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-83482_a8_e69
001-83482_a8_em106
DATETIME
QUASI
August 1975
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-83482_a8_e70
001-83482_a8_em107
CODE
QUASI
34575/04
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-83482_a8_e71
001-83482_a8_em108
PERSON
QUASI
Trevor Brecknell
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-83482_a8_e72
001-83482_a8_em109
PERSON
QUASI
Michael Donnelly
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-83482_a8_e73
001-83482_a8_em110
PERSON
QUASI
Patrick Donnelly
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-83482_a8_e43
001-83482_a8_em111
CODE
QUASI
32457/04
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-83482_a8_e74
001-83482_a8_em112
PERSON
QUASI
Joseph
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-83482_a8_e75
001-83482_a8_em113
PERSON
QUASI
Barry
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-83482_a8_e76
001-83482_a8_em114
PERSON
QUASI
Declan O'Dowd
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-83482_a8_e77
001-83482_a8_em115
PERSON
QUASI
Barney O'Dowd
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-83482_a8_e78
001-83482_a8_em116
CODE
QUASI
34622/04
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-83482_a8_e25
001-83482_a8_em117
PERSON
QUASI
Weir
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-83482_a8_e79
001-83482_a8_em118
LOC
QUASI
Dublin
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
correct
001-83482_a8_e80
001-83482_a8_em119
LOC
QUASI
Monaghan
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-83482_a8_e81
001-83482_a8_em120
QUANTITY
QUASI
33 people
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-83482_a8_e82
001-83482_a8_em121
ORG
NO_MASK
Republic of Ireland
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-83482_a8_e83
001-83482_a8_em122
DATETIME
QUASI
10 June 1999
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-83482_a8_e84
001-83482_a8_em123
ORG
NO_MASK
RTE
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-83482_a8_e3
001-83482_a8_em124
DEM
NO_MASK
Irish
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-83482_a8_e71
001-83482_a8_em125
PERSON
QUASI
Trevor Brecknell
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-83482_a8_e25
001-83482_a8_em126
PERSON
QUASI
Weir
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-83482_a8_e18
001-83482_a8_em127
ORG
NO_MASK
RUC
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-83482_a8_e61
001-83482_a8_em128
ORG
NO_MASK
UDR
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-83482_a8_e85
001-83482_a8_em129
ORG
QUASI
BBC Spotlight
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-83482_a8_e3
001-83482_a8_em130
DEM
NO_MASK
Irish
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-83482_a8_e25
001-83482_a8_em131
PERSON
QUASI
Weir
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-83482_a8_e25
001-83482_a8_em132
PERSON
QUASI
Weir
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-83482_a8_e18
001-83482_a8_em133
ORG
NO_MASK
RUC
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-83482_a8_e25
001-83482_a8_em134
PERSON
QUASI
Weir
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-83482_a8_e3
001-83482_a8_em135
DEM
NO_MASK
Irish
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-83482_a8_e86
001-83482_a8_em136
LOC
NO_MASK
Irish Embassy
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-83482_a8_e87
001-83482_a8_em137
DATETIME
QUASI
15 April 1999
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-83482_a8_e88
001-83482_a8_em138
ORG
QUASI
Garda
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-83482_a8_e18
001-83482_a8_em139
ORG
NO_MASK
RUC
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-83482_a8_e25
001-83482_a8_em140
PERSON
QUASI
Weir
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-83482_a8_e89
001-83482_a8_em141
DATETIME
QUASI
3 February 1999
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-83482_a8_e90
001-83482_a8_em142
DATETIME
QUASI
July and December 2001
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-83482_a8_e25
001-83482_a8_em143
PERSON
QUASI
Weir
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-83482_a8_e25
001-83482_a8_em144
PERSON
QUASI
Weir
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-83482_a8_e25
001-83482_a8_em145
PERSON
QUASI
Weir
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-83482_a8_e25
001-83482_a8_em146
PERSON
QUASI
Weir
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-83482_a8_e26
001-83482_a8_em147
DATETIME
QUASI
1978
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-83482_a8_e25
001-83482_a8_em148
PERSON
QUASI
Weir
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-83482_a8_e18
001-83482_a8_em149
ORG
NO_MASK
RUC
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-83482_a8_e82
001-83482_a8_em150
ORG
NO_MASK
Republic of Ireland
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-83482_a8_e18
001-83482_a8_em151
ORG
NO_MASK
RUC
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-83482_a8_e82
001-83482_a8_em152
ORG
NO_MASK
Republic of Ireland
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-83482_a8_e79
001-83482_a8_em153
LOC
QUASI
Dublin
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-83482_a8_e80
001-83482_a8_em154
LOC
QUASI
Monaghan
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
correct
001-83482_a8_e91
001-83482_a8_em155
MISC
NO_MASK
Brecknell
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-83482_a8_e18
001-83482_a8_em156
ORG
NO_MASK
RUC
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-83482_a8_e92
001-83482_a8_em157
DATETIME
QUASI
February 2000
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-83482_a8_e18
001-83482_a8_em158
ORG
NO_MASK
RUC
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
correct
001-83482_a8_e25
001-83482_a8_em159
PERSON
QUASI
Weir
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-83482_a8_e25
001-83482_a8_em160
PERSON
QUASI
Weir
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-83482_a8_e26
001-83482_a8_em161
DATETIME
QUASI
1978
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-83482_a8_e24
001-83482_a8_em162
PERSON
QUASI
McCaughey
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-83482_a8_e25
001-83482_a8_em163
PERSON
QUASI
Weir
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-83482_a8_e25
001-83482_a8_em164
PERSON
QUASI
Weir
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-83482_a8_e18
001-83482_a8_em165
ORG
NO_MASK
RUC
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-83482_a8_e93
001-83482_a8_em166
DATETIME
QUASI
27 February 2001
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-83482_a8_e25
001-83482_a8_em167
PERSON
QUASI
Weir
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-83482_a8_e94
001-83482_a8_em168
DATETIME
QUASI
1999
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-83482_a8_e95
001-83482_a8_em169
LOC
NO_MASK
British Embassy
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-83482_a8_e96
001-83482_a8_em170
LOC
QUASI
Nigeria
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-83482_a8_e25
001-83482_a8_em171
PERSON
QUASI
Weir
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-83482_a8_e88
001-83482_a8_em172
ORG
QUASI
Garda
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-83482_a8_e79
001-83482_a8_em173
LOC
QUASI
Dublin
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-83482_a8_e80
001-83482_a8_em174
LOC
QUASI
Monaghan
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-83482_a8_e97
001-83482_a8_em175
ORG
NO_MASK
Serious Crime Review Team (“SCRT”)
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-83482_a8_e98
001-83482_a8_em176
DATETIME
QUASI
March 2004
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-83482_a8_e99
001-83482_a8_em177
MISC
NO_MASK
Brecknell, Reavey, O'Dowd and McCartney
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-83482_a8_e20
001-83482_a8_em178
ORG
QUASI
Rock Bar
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-83482_a8_e100
001-83482_a8_em179
ORG
NO_MASK
Historical Enquiry Team (HET)
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-83482_a8_e101
001-83482_a8_em180
ORG
NO_MASK
HET
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-83482_a8_e102
001-83482_a8_em181
ORG
NO_MASK
Investigations
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-83482_a8_e103
001-83482_a8_em182
PERSON
QUASI
James
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-83482_a8_e104
001-83482_a8_em183
ORG
NO_MASK
London Metropolitan Police Force
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-83482_a8_e101
001-83482_a8_em184
ORG
NO_MASK
HET
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-83482_a8_e101
001-83482_a8_em185
ORG
NO_MASK
HET
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-83482_a8_e25
001-83482_a8_em186
PERSON
QUASI
Weir
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-83482_a8_e105
001-83482_a8_em187
ORG
NO_MASK
Office of the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-83482_a8_e25
001-83482_a8_em188
PERSON
QUASI
Weir
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-83482_a8_e101
001-83482_a8_em189
ORG
NO_MASK
HET
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-83482_a8_e79
001-83482_a8_em190
LOC
QUASI
Dublin
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-83482_a8_e106
001-83482_a8_em191
DATETIME
QUASI
September 2002
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-83482_a8_e107
001-83482_a8_em192
PERSON
QUASI
Paterson
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
insert
001-83482_a8_e108
001-83482_a8_em193
DATETIME
QUASI
June and August 2004
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-83482_a8_e109
001-83482_a8_em194
DATETIME
QUASI
May 2006
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-83482_a8_e103
001-83482_a8_em195
PERSON
QUASI
James
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-83482_a8_e91
001-83482_a8_em196
MISC
NO_MASK
Brecknell
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-83482_a8_e110
001-83482_a8_em197
ORG
NO_MASK
Independent Commissions of Inquiry
NOT_CONFIDENTIAL
check
001-83482_a8_e91
001-83482_a8_em198
MISC
NO_MASK
Brecknell
Michael McGrath
GBR
CHAMBER
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