Kelly and Maskey meet Matt Baggott following his comments on McGurk’s bombing

Sinn Féin MLA’s Gerry Kelly and Alex Maskey met with PSNI Chief Constable Matt Baggott on his comments after the release of the Police Ombudsman’s report into the investigation into the McGurks Bombing Massacre.

“Matt Baggott’s comments following the release of the Ombudsman’s report, which identified investigative bias into the original RUC investigation of the McGurks Bar Massacre were unacceptable and deeply hurtful to the McGurks survivors and families of those killed,” said Gerry Kelly after the meeting.

“PSNI Chief Constable Matt Baggott had the unprecedented opportunity to bring some closure to the families with the findings of the Ombudsman’s Report; instead he rejected it, causing deep hurt not only to the families involved but also to the wider community.

“At the meeting with the Chief Constable we emphasised that it’s still not too late for him to show we are in a new departure in terms of policing. We urged him to engage with the families and to publicly admit the trauma hurt and wrongdoing inflicted upon the survivors of the McGurk’s and relatives of those who lost their lives.”