PSNI Chief Constable apologises for arrests and unlawful searches of two Belfast journalists' homes

Investigative journalists Barry McCaffrey and Trevor Birney. Image: Michael Cooper via PA Images Investigative journalists Barry McCaffrey and Trevor Birney. Image: Michael Cooper via PA Images THE CHIEF CONSTABLE of the PSNI has apologised to two journalists who were arrested and had their homes searched under a warrant that was later deemed “unlawful” by a High Court.

In 2019, High Court judges ruled the search warrants issued against the two men were “inappropriate” and recommended the seized materials be returned. Lord Chief Justice Morgan said the court had heard nothing to indicate the journalists had done anything wrong. In a statement today by the Chief Constable of the PSNI Simon Byrne, both journalists received an “unreserved apology”:

Until these issues are resolved the Police Service of Northern Ireland will be making no further comment, the statement concluded.The two accomplished journalists had worked together on No Stone Unturned, a “chilling” documentary about the murders at the Loughinisland pub in 1994.

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