Ex-policeman who killed IRA man Colum Marks will not face prosecution
BBC News NI home affairs correspondent
In a statement, his mother Roisin Marks said they were "very disappointed", adding: "It was our view that new forensic evidence should have justified a prosecution." "In a self-defence case the court will assess the reasonableness of a defendant's actions in light of the circumstances as he may have genuinely believed them to be, even if that belief is a mistaken one," Mr Agnew added."However, the surrounding circumstances presented significant difficulties in proving to the criminal standard that the officer did not have a genuine belief that his life was at risk.
It is their "strong contention" that he could have been arrested at several times in the course of the day.
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