NORTHERN IRELAND
BBC News
Senior MI5 and MI6 officers have said they have no evidence that intelligence officers were involved in or condoned abuse at Kincora boys’ home in Belfast.
One MI6 officer provided detailed statements to the Historical Institutional Abuse (HIA) inquiry which is examining the extent of sexual abuse at the home before it closed in 1980.
Three former staff at Kincora were jailed in 1981 for abusing boys.
At least 29 boys were abused at Kincora between the late 1950s and early 1980s.
The inquiry has been hearing opening remarks from Joseph Aiken QC, counsel to the inquiry, as he outlines the evidence that will be presented to the panel over the next four weeks.
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