Victims slam proposed statute of limitations on Troubles cases as ‘betrayal’

Bereaved relatives who lost loved ones in Northern Ireland’s Troubles are united against a proposed statute of limitations on legacy prosecutions. The victim sector, which includes a wide range of views on how to deal with the past, came together with one voice to slam Brandon Lewis’ proposals as a “betrayal”. Families of the 10 killed by soldiers in the Ballymurphy area of west Belfast in 1971 came together to watch Mr Lewis’ statement to the House of Commons on Wednesday.