Jim Allister said:
“Those upset by the decision to discontinue prosecutions against two soldiers today, surely, have to accept that only admissible evidence is permissible and that the same rule must apply for all – soldier or terrorist – statements made in the absence of a caution and legal advice are, for the best of reasons, inadmissible.
“However, a serious question does arise for the PPS: how did these cases ever get this far in the absence of sufficient admissible evidence?”