Simon Byrne has faced fresh calls to resign after a High Court judge ruled that a decision to discipline two junior officers was unlawful.
Northern Ireland’s embattled police chief faces another crunch meeting with his oversight body later following the latest controversy to rock his tenure.
Unionists have accused the chief constable of taking unjustified action against the officers to placate republicans.However, Sinn Fein denied there was any threat to withdraw support for policing. On Wednesday, Sinn Fein Policing Board representative Gerry Kelly insisted that at no point did he suggest his party would withdraw support for the PSNI during discussions with senior officers about the policing of a Troubles memorial event in 2021.
“The overarching issue is why the chief constable felt Sinn Fein’s support for policing was so tenuous that he needed to sacrifice the careers of two officers,” he said. The chief constable apologised for the PSNI’s handling of the event and it was announced that one officer was to be suspended and one repositioned.
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