Relatives of the victims are told there is insufficient evidence to prosecute a former RUC officer.
By Julian O'Neill & Eimear FlanaganA former police officer will not be prosecuted in connection with 10 Troubles murders after a decision by the Public Prosecution Service .The PPS said the available evidence "was insufficient to provide a reasonable prospect of conviction".
"It's just one of those things that the Reavey brothers didn't matter. They were just murdered in the Troubles and nobody wanted to know."who was killed in a car bomb attack in Castleblayney, County Monaghan in March 1976 "These allegations are, however, not in the form of witness evidence. Therefore any prosecution of Officer A would require a hearsay application seeking the admission in evidence of these documentary records," he said.Eugene Reavey said he was getting calls from the press on Wednesday "to talk about something I knew nothing about"
"The RUC was well aware of the identities of those who carried out these attacks, while at the same time making sure not to carry out anything resembling a proper investigation," Mr Brecknell said.The Reaveys were aged 17, 22 and 24 at the time of the fatal shootings and their brother Eugene Reavey has led a long campaign seeking the truth about their murders.
"It is very disappointing that after 48 years, nearly 49 years almost now, that I find myself at the end of my tether almost with this investigation and it turns out to be a bum steer." The gang was also implicated in fatal bombings at the Step Inn pub in Keady, County Armagh, and the Hillcrest Bar in Dungannon, County Tyrone.Mr Hardy said that, having carefully considered issues affecting "the credibility and reliability" of the documentary records related to Officer A, PPS staff determined that there was "no reasonable prospect" of a court granting the hearsay application.
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