27/02/2014 BBC Newsline

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Good evening. Peter Robinson has been accused of backing down in the

row over the "on the run" letters. The First Minister said he was happy

with the terms of a judge-led inquiry offered by the Prime

Minister David Cameron and has withdrawn his threat to resign. He

says the inquiry will be swift, reporting by the end of May, but the

TUV leader Jim Allister says it's a long way from what Mr Robinson was

demanding. Our political correspondent Martina Purdy reports.

The Prime Minister and the German Chancellor face questions on issues

important to all of Europe. But David Cameron needed to deal also

with Northern Ireland. After days of controversy and his acknowledgement

that a terrible error has been made, he made this announcement. As the

First Minister said, we should have a full independent examination of

the whole operation of the scheme. I can announce we will appoint an

independent judge to produce a full public account of the this scheme to

determine whether any other letters were sent in error. The judge will

have access to Government files and officials. This will happen quickly

and the review will report by the end of May. The response from the

First Minister who threatened to quit - satisfaction. I'm satisfied

with the response I have got. The Prime Minister and the Secretary of

State have been prompt and dealt with the issue and in the manner

that is satisfactory to me. So yes, I do not intend to resign on the

basis of what if you get what you want, why would you resign? Sinn

Fein shrugged off the Government's response to what it claims is a

manufactured crisis. What is the point in threatening to bring down

the institutions when the issues that we are talking about and which

we talked about in this we will have to return to them any way. We be put

people to an election over an issue like this and then perhaps the same

parties get into power, there is not a huge choice in term of that and

then what do we do. We have to repeat what we do before to come to

terms with the legacy of the past. I would say for those in Sinn Fein who

are talking about this being a manufactured crisis, they need to be

at the end of the telephones in our offices and they would soon know

there was nothing synthetic about the concerns that we being

expressed. The TUV leader said the First Minister had rolled over. We

have had an astonishing climb down by the First Minister and he is

clutching some fig leaf to himself and the Sainting is helping by --

Secretary of State is helping by reiterating something that was in

the letter, that if fresh evidence comes they could be interviewed

again. Tomorrow the Assembly will have its say with the DUP leading

the condemnation of how the Government handled the issue of

those on the run. The Director of Public Prosecutions here has given

his backing to the inquiry. In an interview for The View programme,

Barra McGrory said he expected it to clear up any misunderstandings.

Clearly if there is a senior judicial figure heading the ink

rishgs it will -- inquiry, it will have integrity. I will give my

personal co-operation to it and I think you know I think the inquiry

should clear up some of the confusion and concern about these

issues. And there'll be more on that story on The View which follows this

bulletin. The Secretary of State Theresa Villiers said those who

received the letters will not remain immune from prosecution if new

evidence comes to light. There are no plans for individual contacts

with people who received the letters, but the message is clear

that if new evidence emerges these letters do not confer immunity from

prosecution. The evidence would be acted on by the police in the normal

way with arrests and prosecutions where it is justified. A County

Tyrone teenager on trial for shooting dead his father thought

that by killing one of his parents they would become his guardian in

heaven and resolve his unhappiness in life. The court was told Sean

Hackett, who is 19 and from Augher, was suffering from diminished

responsibility due to his mental state at the time. Our reporter

Julian Fowler was at Dungannon Crown Court. The court was told Sean

Hackett was a teenager with troubles. Before killing his father,

he had split up with his girlfriend. He was feeling the pressure of

competing at a high level in Gaelic football. He was upset at the death

of his grandfather and was thinking of dropping out of college. Today a

consultant forensic psychologist gave evidence. He said Sean Hackett

formed the idea that by killing one of his parts, they would become his

guardian in heaven, looking down on him, resolving his unhappiness and

making all the problems in his life evaporate. In October 2012, he tried

to strangle his mother. Despite seeing a counsellor, he began a plan

that led to the shooting of his father. On the day of the killing,

he said he had twice tried to shoot his mother at their home. But he had

not been able to bring himself to do it. He then lay in wait for his

father. After shooting at him three times, he held his hand, crying,

apologising, and saying prayers. The doctor said in the months before the

killing, Sean hack ement was O'-- Hackett was suffering from a major

personality disorder. The jury were told that Hackett, who denies

murder, would not be giving evidence himself. A press photographer has

been found guilty of assaults on two police officers last August. The

incident took place during a Loyalist protest over the attendance

of Sinn Fein's Mairtin O Muilleoir at the re-opening of Woodvale Park.

45-year-old Paul Mateer, from Blackmountain Walk in the city, was

bound over to keep the peace for two years and ordered to pay a total of

?170 in compensation. The integrated school, Lagan College, celebrated

the official opening of its new campus in the Castlereagh Hills

today with a Supreme visitor. Ita Dungan went to meet her. 30 years

ago 28 pupils walked into Northern Ireland's first integrated school.

Today in their new campus, Mary Wilson of the Supremes gave the

building some extra soul. She told pupils a future together was theirs

to believe in. In order for it to change, if ever the people

themselves will have to make that change. And special think young

people will have to start making the dream that will no longer exist. Its

up to those coming up now to realise that they can make change. And this

70-year-old still appears to have i She is amazing, what she has went

through and changed her life and made it so far and dreamed to big.

Dream big and it shows, dreams do come true. 12 number ones and a US

good will ambassador, Mary Wilson has gone from being a 17-year-old in

the projects of Detroit to a superstar. The pupils here are

hoping some of her spirit and soul rubs off on them. Onto the weather

now with Barra Best. It is turning chilly. The Met Office has issued a

weather warning for ice in untreated areas where we have had a few

showers today. Temperatures in towns and cities could fall to freezing

below and colder in the countryside. There will be some mist and fog

developing tomorrow morning. So take care if you're heading out fist

thing. -- first thing. After that it will be a day like today, plenty of

dry and sunny weather, but a threat of scattered showers. To start with

a bright start with sunshine developing. Through the day the best

of the weather will be in Ireland and Scotland. Bright and sunny with

scattered showers. Cloudier in England and Wales. For some central

and southern areas of England we have a warning for snow as that low

pressure remains in many places. It will eventually pass out towards

France. Behind it brightening up. So for Northern Ireland, if you're out

and about tomorrow you will want to wrap up warm. Temperatures managing

just seven or eight degrees. With any showers it will feel colder. The

weekend is going to be a messy picture. We are expecting it to be

best in the mornings for Saturday and Sunday. Through the day it is

going to turn cloudier and we will see some more rain. For the weekend

prepare for more unsettled weather. That's it for now. Good night.

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