Tom Elliott MLA, Ulster Unionist Justice spokesperson, has said that many people will be questioning the cheek of the IRA bomber who is threatening to sue the PSNI over the incident last summer when he obstructed police in their actions.
Mr Elliott said:
“The level to which Mr Kelly will stoop knows no bounds. He was protesting against an event, blocks a police landrover, thereby obstructing police, receives a police warning and now threatens to sue the police – What a nonsense!
“Mr Kelly who was convicted of the IRA Old Bailey bomb which killed one person and injured over 200 and later escaped from the Maze prison, with a prison officer being shot in the process, should hang his head in shame for his actions instead of making a claim. This is a convicted terrorist who has shown no remorse for his past actions.
“I’m sure that part of his actions is designed to deliberately infuriate many law-abiding citizens within Northern Ireland and beyond.
“I trust the courts will realise the nonsense of this action and that Mr Kelly will not be facilitated with Legal Aid and any application for compensation will be rejected.”