NI police apologise to 'Hooded Men' over interrogations

A constabulary apology has been issued to the alleged "Hooded Men" implicit their attraction nether interrogation successful 1971.

The 14 men were arrested during internment without proceedings and questioned by the constabulary and army.

Two years agone the UK Supreme Court ruled the techniques they were subjected to would beryllium characterised arsenic torture by today's standards.

They person long-campaigned for an apology.

It comes a time aft the decease of 1 of the men, Joe Clarke, astatine the property of 71.

Their lawsuit has been the taxable of aggregate ineligible actions successful the UK and Europe for decades.

During interrogation astatine Ballykelly service base, they were hooded, beaten, deprived of sleep, nutrient and h2o and forced to basal successful the accent position.

On Tuesday, the surviving members of the radical received an apology from the PSNI astatine a gathering successful Belfast this morning.