Court grants permission to challenge decision not to prosecute soldiers over killing

The nephew of a murdered forestry worker has won permission in the Belfast High Court to challenge a decision not to prosecute British soldiers and loyalist paramilitaries identified as suspects.With no-one charged over the killing, Mr Ludlow’s family maintains he was an innocent victim of a loyalist death squad made up of Red Hand Commando and Ulster Defence Regiment members.

Despite the RUC recommending their prosecution, a decision was taken in 1999 not to bring charges, according to the family. Mr Ludlow’s nephew, Thomas Fox, is seeking to judicially review the Director of Public Prosecutions over that decision. He told the court sitting in Belfast that a smear campaign took place at the time to wrongly infer Mr Ludlow was killed for being an IRA informer, and that some family members had prior knowledge. “All of it is completely untrue; that’s one aspect of activity in the south which can be characterised as wicked,” counsel said.

“What we seem to have here is an implied or express agreement, it’s almost collusion between the two states to keep this matter covered up,” Mr Lavery submitted.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

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