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Claire Hanna defends SDLP handling of councillor over court reference

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Hanna said she understood that Tierney “has engaged with the victim, who has been core to our thoughts”.

“We always will put the needs of victims at the centre of everything we do, including in this process,” she added.

“And we know she has had the worst experience of her life, and the fact is that was made worse by flaws in the justice process, and our thoughts are entirely with her and her family and all that they have had to go through.”

Speaking at Stormont, Hanna said that Tierney was “clearly very remorseful”.

“I understand he is taking a number of steps to try and remediate the damage that he has caused,” she added.

“But as a party, we are focusing on our long-standing policy that character references should play no part in the justice system, particularly relating to gender-based violence.”


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