SDLP slams SF refusal to urge witnesses to contact PSNI
SDLP councillor Pat McCarthy has criticised Sinn Féin's refusal to call on people with information about the Robert McCartney murder to come forward to the PSNI.
Mr McCarthy tabled a motion at Belfast City Council last night calling on witnesses to give information to the police, but Sinn Féin councillors abstained from the vote after its proposed amendment was rejected.
Sinn Féin's amendment called on people to use whatever third party they chose when coming forward with information.
The party claimed many republicans did not trust the police and would ignore any call, wherever it came from, to give information to the PSNI.
It also said other parties would understand this if they were serious about helping the McCartney family and not just interested in making a political point.
However, Mr McCarthy accused Sinn Féin of moral redundancy and said those involved in murder should be handed over to the police and the courts.
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