Ulster Unionist Leader Mike Nesbitt has said that Martin McGuinness’s statement regarding the extent of Sinn Fein’s knowledge of the contact between Daithi McKay and Jamie Bryson is not the end of the matter.
The Leader of the Opposition said:
“Martin McGuinness’s statement lacks the ring of truth.
“If one looks at the history of Sinn Fein statements, they always try to mask the truth – the Colombia three, the Florida gunrunning and the murder of Paul Quinn to name but three.
“Three statements which subsequently proved to be false.
“As far as we are concerned, Martin McGuinness’s statement is not the end of the matter.”