Officer to be prosecuted for offence linked to Troubles memorial during pandemic A police officer is to be prosecuted for conspiring to pervert the course of justice in relation to an incident at a Troubles commemoration during the Covid-19 pandemic, prosecutors have announced.
Last year, a High Court judge found that the disciplinary actions taken against the two junior police officers were unlawful, and were motivated by a desire by commanders to allay any threat of Sinn Fein abandoning its support for policing in Northern Ireland.
The prosecution announced by the Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland on Wednesday is not directly linked to the events on the day of the incident in 2021.
The prosecution is indirectly linked to events that unfolded on the Ormeau Road in Belfast in February 2021 during a service marking the anniversary of the Sean Graham bookmakers attack in which five people were murdered.
It came after police had challenged people attending amid suspicions that the size of the public gathering breached coronavirus regulations.
