TUV leader Jim Allister has today written to the Director General of the National Crimes agency in the terms below:-
Director General (NCA): Lynne Owens CBE QPM MA
National Crime Agency
Dear Ms Owens,
Re: Estate of William Edward Hampton, late of Ridgeway Nursing Home, Liawhaden, Narberth, Pembrokeshire
I write to enquire if the NCA has enquired into the assets accumulated on a worldwide basis to the net extent of £2,596,080.00 in respect of the above estate in which the testator, at the time of making his will, was of “no fixed abode” and by occupation has been described as a “motor mechanic”.
I attach a copy of the Will and of the relevant Probate.
As appears from the said Will, apart from specific bequests of £8,000, all of the above residue is gifted to Sinn Fein, with prominent Sinn Fein personnel named as executors, who in turn will have applied for Probate. At or about the time when the will was made the Prime Minister, Tony Blair, was on record as describing Sinn Fein as being “inextricably linked” with the IRA.
In circumstances where decades of illegal activity, including bank robberies, accumulated ill gotten gains for the IRA, I’d expect the NCA to be interested as to how such “assets” might be laundered. Is the Agency satisfied there is nothing untoward in respect of the aforesaid enrichment of Sinn Fein?
I look forward to hearing from you.
Yours sincerely,
Jim Allister