NORTHERN IRELAND
Belfast Telegraph
A judge has rejected a bid to overturn a decision to exclude the Kincora Boys’ Home in east Belfast from a child abuse inquiry at Westminster.
Mr Justice Treacy told Belfast High Court the timing of the judicial review was wrong.
He said: “The court considers that the application is premature and misconceived. Therefore the application for judicial review must be dismissed.”
There have been allegations of a paedophile ring linked to British intelligence services at Kincora.
The legal action was taken by Gary Hoy, a former resident abused by two men who were subsequently convicted.
He was challenging the decision not to bring Kincora under the remit of an independent inquiry established by Home Secretary Theresa May and chaired by Justice Lowell Goddard, which covers England and Wales and has the power to compel witnesses.
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