18/10/2011 BBC Newsline

Good evening. This is BBC Newsline with Noel Thompson and Donna

Traynor. The headlines this Tuesday evening: Patients are recalled

across Northern Ireland after concern is raised about their

treatment - I'm live with the details.

Also on the programme: a man who resigned as the head of the Police

Ombudsman office speaks for the first time about why he quit.

In the Jennifer Cardy murder trial, the jury hears his fantasy about

killing and abducting a child. The woman who says her house is fit

only for demolition. You wake up at night and you hear the rain against

the window, and think God, not again. I can't live like this any

more. The American former wife of the

double killer Colin Howell is ordered not to remove property and

cash from Northern Ireland. Ireland gets it first ever judo

centre as part of a�10 million First tonight, a number of patients

have been recalled by the Belfast Health Trust. It says it's a

precautionary measure. Our health correspondent Marie Louise Connolly

joins us now live from Belfast City Hospital. What has happened?

Belfast Health Trust has decided to recall 59 patients to the

immunology department at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast. They

made this announcement here at their headquarters this afternoon.

These patients attend the Royal Victoria Hospital. These are

patients with chronic skin conditions, chronic allergies,

people who suffer from rheumatoid problems, who have problems with

their joints. I say chronic because the experts here have said it is

not just the ordinary outpatients who are being recalled, these are

patients who have long-term problems and these concerns have

been raised because back in August opinions regarding the treatment

they were receiving, the type of treatment and their diagnosis.

hearing this news, many people will be anxious. How concerned should

they be? Health professionals here at the Belfast Health Trust were

concerned enough that they had to bring in an expert from England.

That was back in August to review a number of these patients' records.

Those 59 patients are being recalled. I put to Dr Tony Stephens

if the public should be concerned. He said obviously they were

concerned, but he said they had taken this response to show the

public that at this stage they were doing everything they could to make

sure their treatment was the right treatment. Patience maybe on to

high a dose or too low a dose, it is about optimising that. It is

impossible to say if anyone has come to harm. I am talking about

different in medical opinion, but that it is of continuing

investigation. Anyone who is caught up in this health scare will have

received either a phone call or a letter. There is a helpline also

available, you are about to show that number, and the trust is

saying to give it time until 8pm tomorrow night in order for members

of staff to get in contact with them.

The trust has set up a helpline. The number is 028 9063 6330.

The man whose resignation as Chief Executive provoked the premature

departure of the Police Ombudsman has spoken for the first time about

why he left his �90,000 a year job. Sam Pollock says he was unhappy

with the approach being taken in controversial cases involving

informers. He's spoken exclusively to our Home Affairs Correspondent

Vincent Kearney for a BBC Spotlight programme to be broadcast tonight.

The programme has uncovered failings in a number of

investigations by the Ombudsman, including a complaint from the

family of the murdered republican informer Denis Donaldson. Sam

Pollock was chief executive of the Office of Police Ombudsman for more

than 10 years. He announced his resignation in March, claiming the

independence of the office has been lowered. He refused to speak about

his reasons for leaving until now. I have spoken to him for a spot

like programme due to be broadcast tonight. I sensed a dilemma or a

conflict in terms of dealing with the issue of informants. To speak

about this issue either directly or indirectly in murder, the loss of

life, some atrocities, you can't afford that. I have also spoken to

people who confirm his concerns, including the family of one of

three people killed in a bomb attack in 1988. They have accused

the ombudsman of changing a report that said the police could have

prevented the deaths because they knew about the bomb. It was a real

hard blow, we just felt let down. Really let down. Because they were

set up to give us answers and they just gave us more questions.

son of a murdered officer also criticised the Ombudsman for not

telling him why detectives investigating the killing were not

given all the intelligence material available. They should have been

obliged in their reply to me to tell me exactly what they found.

The ombudsman rejects claims his office has gone soft on the police.

I can assure everybody we do deliver Independent impartial

evidence based reports, and whether that is perceived by the public is

a matter of debate. The programme also shows details of a complaint

by the family of Denis Donaldson, who was shot dead at this remote

cottage in Dummer Golf in April 2006. They claim police may have

contributed to his death. The ombudsman declared the case closed

last year with a finding of no misconduct by the police. We have

established investigators were not aware of a potentially vital piece

of information that may share light on what happened here 5 1/2 years

ago. And you can see more on that in

tonight's Spotlight programme here on BBC One at 10.35 after our late

news. The Jennifer Cardy murder trial has

been hearing police interviews in which Robert Black gives graphic

and disturbing details of a fantasy about abducting and murdering a

child. The prosecution says that amounts to a coded confession. The

child killer and paedophile denies murdering the nine-year-old near

her home in Ballinderry in 1981. Our district journalist Gordon

Adair was in the court. The prosecution say there are many

areas of direct crossover between Jenifer as murder and Robert

Black's fantasy which he revealed to PSNI officers in 2005. On the

tape played in court, female detective can be heard asking him

how his fantasy would play out. He describes driving along in his van

and spotting a girl. He says I would stop the van and start

chatting to her. I might ask her for directions. Most of what he

describes his two graphic to be broadcast, but at one stage he

describes how the child would remain passive throughout. He says

in your fantasies you never pick up an awkward customer, you are lucky

that way. He is asked if particular places would trigger his fantasies.

He replies "I might have a sport that I think would be an ideal spot

that I have seen in the past, and I might be in a general area. Not

necessarily close to that place, and I might see a girl that

triggers that fantasy. "earlier the jury heard that children's clothing,

object of a sexual nature and child pornography were discovered. The

searchers came after Robert Black was caught on the Scottish borders

with the six year-old girl trussed up in the back of his van. This was

eventually to lead to him being convicted of three murders, and

abduction and and -- an attempted abduction.

One of the brothers who sexually abused generations of young people

in Donagh in County Fermanagh must serve an additional six months in

prison for abusing a sixth victim. 61-year-old Johnny McDermott from

Moorlough Road is already serving a nine-year prison term. Today he was

sentenced for indecently assaulting the younger brother of another of

his victims. Julian Fowler was at the court in Dungannon. Last year,

Johnny McDermott was sentenced to nine years in prison plus three on

probation. On 35 charges of sexually abusing four young boys

and a girl between 1969 and 2001. That case caused a public outcry

when his two brothers, Jimmy and Owen, were found mentally unfit to

stand trial, and despite being found to have carried out the abuse

were allowed to return to their home in Donagh. They were later

removed to secure accommodation at a hospital in Londonderry. Today

Johnny McDermott was back in court where he listened to details of how

he abused the younger brother of another of his victims. The abuse

took place in 2002 when his victim was 12 years old. The first time it

happened, the boy was indecently assaulted in his own bedroom. He

was abused again while playing a game of hide and seek around Donagh.

And again, while out on a hunting trip. Johnny McDermott had denied

the charges, but changed his plea to guilty last month. The judge

said his offending exemplified the sustained abuse of children growing

up in the village, moving on through each successive teenage

generation. He said, "as one person grow up and was old enough to avoid

do, a younger person was identified and targeted." for this additional

abuse, six months has been added to his prison sentence. The judge

acknowledged that on its own the six-month sentence was lenient, but

when taken together with the previous offences, it means a total

sentence of 12 1/2 years which the judge said correctly reflects the

offending. Today's weather has done little to

drain all of the flooded fields and roads hit by yesterday's downpours.

As you can see from these pictures taken by a viewer in Kells in

County Antrim, roads became unrecognisable, more like rivers.

Clearing up after water damage is a nightmare for homes and businesses,

but it's worse for people who've suffered repeatedly from flooding.

Four years ago our environment correspondent Mike McKimm spoke to

Cora Dorrity who lives near Coalisland. He found out today that

very little has changed. We have been flooded a number of times. We

were not able to cope by staying thin, but I can't go through it

again. Emotionally, it is a nightmare. That was in 2008, and

yesterday the same night mare returned. She was flooded out again.

Same house, same pictures, same damage. I could see the water

coming up through the drains at the back, and I decided to go upstairs

and have a look, and I saw the water in the fields and I thought

here it comes again. You had been making phone calls during this

time? I phoned the Rivers Agency, the water board, and they said they

would send someone out. This said someone was on their way, we saw no

one. What is it like living here, watching the rain coming down and

wondering? You hear the rain against the window and think God,

not again. I can't live like this any more. Men from the rivers

agency did arrive yesterday before the flooding began but then they

went away. By the time anyone came to help, it was too late. After

what Cora Dorrity was told one of the problems may have been this

nearby. It has been vandalised. Inside is a door that diverts water

away from her area. She was told work men could not get it closed in

time, and today she was told by her insurance company that if she makes

a claim they will not insure her any more. Despite assurances this

will not happen again, these people We have just heard that the

Minister for Agriculture, Michel O'Neill, has called for an

investigation into the repeated flooding of those homes.

Still to come on the programme: Night club plans have residents on

edge at Belfast's waterfront. And the first centre of excellence for

judo is to be built in Londonderry. The estranged American wife of the

double murderer Colin Howell has been ordered not to remove any

assets from Northern Ireland. After Howell's arrest in 2009, Kyle

Jorgensen returned to the United States. The case came up today in

the High Court in Belfast. BBC Newsline's Will Leitch reports.

Colin Howell, dentist and killer, jailed last year for the murder 20

years earlier of his wife Lesley and Trevor Buchanan. His American

second wife, culled Jorgen Persson, had left to return to the United

States, taking children from their earlier marriage. Once then -- once

there, she filed for divorce. Earlier this year Colin Howell was

declared bankrupt. There followed a successful application for

insolvency practitioners, protecting the interests of people

to whom Colin Howell owed money. His former wife, Karl Robinson, was

barred from removing any asset from Northern Ireland. The High Court to

date saw proceedings in the absence of his former wife. But the court

was told that she had agreed to abide by the border. The judge

commented that he saw that as a sensible way to move things on.

Apartment owners in Belfast want to block plans for early morning

clubbing in their area. Owners of the former Edge Bar and Restaurant,

along the River Lagan, want to open a late night spot with room for

more than 1,000 young people. But, as Kevin Sharkey reports, local

residents want a quiet night's sleep. The tranquillity of the

Riverside is evident. Costly to purchase, but worth it until now.

There are concerns that the night could sound like this. Especially

if it is allowed to finish early in the morning. A proposal is to

increase the capacity to over 1002 and to run for a club for nights

per week. That is all too much for some residents of these

neighbouring apartments. It is probably less than 10 metres from

our building and the new development. We aware aware that it

was operating as a restaurant and bar but the noise was minimal,

acceptable. This is a whole new proposition and a complete change

of use of the venue. So much to consider at a meeting of the

Belfast City Council tomorrow night. We have to top a clear legal route

to make sure that what we do is right and right for the people in

Belfast. The nightclub plan has been proposed from the owners of a

club of the same name in Ibiza. But the police are also objecting. The

nightclub is in the same general area as an interface and police do

not believe it is wise to bring so many people out onto the streets at

such a difficult area in the early hours of the morning.

The shoreline that lies off our coast generates money. Some of it

is leased to business. But who should get that income? At the

moment most of the money goes to the property portfolio owned by the

Queen, known as the Crown Estate. Sinn Fein want the Executive to

have control. Our Political Editor Mark Devenport listened today as

MLAs argued over who should rule the waves.

Under devolution, Stormont Main ruled the land for most purposes

but Britannia still rules the waves. That is Britannia in the shape of

the Crown Estate which belongs to the Queen although most of its

revenue goes to the UK government rather than her Majesty. The Crown

Estate owns most of the foreshore and gets its money from the

licensing for offshore farming. Or for rent for the use of a marina.

Sinn Fein once the Executive to get the money instead. We take control

of the seabed and then leases and renewal of leases and went so we

should have the money coming into our own coffers instead of going to

the Treasury in London. The Crown Estate says the politics is a

matter for Stormont and Westminster but says it gives half its money

back to coastal villages. Half of the money will go back into the

coastal villages. So no matter how large the income accrued in these

areas, 50% of it will go back to local communities. And in the

Assembly, the Unionists were not sympathetic to Sinn Fein's Maritime

ambitions. Anyone who believes that a Member for East Antrim is

genuinely interested in this motion in the interests of the people, it

is clear that it is politically motivated to try to drive the crown

off these shores. Predictably the politicians were divided with

Unionists voting to insure that Britannia continued to rule are

waves. Now some exciting news for the

sport of Judo. Yes a multi-sports complex is to be

built. After six years of planning, Ireland's first ever Judo Centre of

Excellence is to be built in Londonderry. It's part of a ten

million pounds investment in sport in the City. The major new campus

will be located in St Columb's Park in the Waterside and should be

ready to host some events during the City of Culture year in Derry

in 2013. Keiron Tourish reports. 2000 schoolchildren are now being

introduced the sport of judo. The same number of players are actively

competing in the sport in 70 clubs throughout various council areas.

The news today of a major new centre for the sport has been

widely welcomed. It is to be the first purpose-built centre of

excellence for judo in Ireland. There is a petition of more that

can come away so the rest of the centre can be opened up for major

competitions. Due to the strength of judo in the north-west, Derry

stage the World Masters in 2002. Almost �10 million is to be built -

- due to be spent building the centre of excellence. It will cater

for up a wide range of activities. We are working with three governing

bodies of sport. Mountaineering, judo and wrestling. Will also have

a public access gymnasium. And swimming facilities. The opening of

a new peace bridge in the summer has had as a dividend impact with

many thousands of people going to cross for the first time to St

Columb's Park. The council now hope there will be an added incentive

with the opening of the new state of the-art facilities in two years'

time. Well the search is on for this

year's BBC Sport unsung hero. We want you to tell us who's made a

sporting difference in your community. It could be a coach, a

groundsman, someone who's always there but doesn't always get the

credit. This year our ambassador is Darren Clarke and we caught up with

him on the course with his latest batch of rising stars. Gavin

Andrews reports. The Open champion is no stranger to

giving something back. He has worked with young golfers and has

inspired many to achieve their potential in the game. He is aware

of the bigger picture. I spent a lot of time thinking about it and

for me it would be all those who work tirelessly behind the scenes.

You do not need to be a major winner to inspire. If you know

someone who does the hard work but does not get the credit, this is

the opportunity to send them to our sports personality of the year

awards in December. They could rub shoulders with some of the biggest

names in sport. Entries close in just under two weeks. The Unsung

Hero must be 16 or over. Get your nominations in.

Darren Clarke and Rory McIlroy have teed off in Bermuda at the Grand

Slam of Golf. This season four major winners battle it out over

two days for just 1.25 million dollars. McIlroy currently lies in

second, with Clarke fourth behind the leader Keegan Bradley, with

still nine holes left to play today. Now the weather forecast with Derek

Now the weather forecast with Derek Brockway.

There has been plenty of showers around today, some of them heavy

and cold with temperatures at as low as eight degrees Celsius.

Tonight will bring more showers spreading across the province. Some

of those again on the heavy side. Temperatures tonight down to three

or four degrees Celsius. Tomorrow has a cold north-westerly wind. But

with pressure rising it will be a much better day on the whole. Any

showers around will not be as heavy as we have seen today. Some

brightness also available. By the afternoon it should be dry across

County Down. The wind lighter than today. Some showers in County

Fermanagh. The wind not as strong, but a brisk breeze along the north

Antrim coast. Throw tomorrow evening and overnight, some light

showers running into the north coast. But a cold night to come

with temperatures down to three or four degrees Celsius. Thursday, a

dry and bright start but it will not last as rain will spread across

the whole province during the day. Friday brings more rain and fresh

wind. Some heavy rain especially in the north and west. But that should

clear up on Saturday. Temperatures recovering as we head into the