|
Patsy McGlone
30th June 2009
MCGLONE
WELCOMES CUSTODIAL SENTENCE FOR AARON HILL
SDLP
Mid-Ulster MLA Patsy McGlone has welcomed the nine-month custodial sentence
given to former PSNI data clerk Aaron Hill, who passed information on
nationalists to paramilitaries. Mr McGlone wrote to the Attorney General to
protest the original suspended sentence.
He said: “In the summer of 2007 a number of people in my constituency were
informed by the police that their personal details were in the hands of
paramilitaries and that subsequently they and their families could be at
risk.
“Following a police investigation, a data inputter with the PSNI and an
associate were charged and taken to court.
“Aaron Hill was given a non-custodial suspended sentence, having pleaded
guilty to collecting information which would be useful to terrorists and to
charges of misconduct in a public office. Darren Leslie Richardson was found
in possession of these documents and 40 9mm bullets and jailed for a year.
“In light of the seriousness of the offences and the ongoing fear caused to
many innocent people at the fact that their details were in the possession
of paramilitaries, my constituents and I shared a deep concern at the levity
of sentence in both cases. The sentence handed down by the Appeals Court is
a small improvement.”
ENDS
30/06/09
|