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Fri 06 Jun 2009PSNI action 'counterproductive'
THE ACTIONS of the PSNI Chief Constable in seeking to force a Northern Ireland journalist to hand over her notes and other materials relating to the Real IRA are counterproductive, a senior counsel has told a Belfast court.
Arthur Harvey QC, appearing for the Sunday Tribune’s Suzanne Breen, said he could not think of an approach by a chief constable “more designed to frustrate rather than uphold the law”.
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