DUP seeks PSNI and Stormont audit of Nama inquiry claims

Sinn Féin insists it was not involved in wider conspiracy against Peter Robinson

Peter Robinson: rejected claim at the time as a “scripted performance”. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire

Peter Robinson: rejected claim at the time as a “scripted performance”. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire

The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) has called for a PSNI and Stormont investigation into allegations that a senior Sinn Féin Assembly member coached a loyalist blogger to make allegations of financial impropriety against Peter Robinson.

The DUP Minister of Education, Peter Weir, issued his demand after Sinn Féin MLA Daithí McKay stood down as an Assembly member and was suspended from the party. This followed allegations that he colluded with loyalist blogger and former flags protester Jamie Bryson to try to damage former DUP leader and first minister Peter Robinson.

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