British Army steals Council documents
SINN FEIN COUNCILLOR Noel Sheridan has accused the
British army of stealing confidential council
documents.
The Armagh councillor, along with his three sons aged
17, 14 and 11, was stopped at a British army checkpoint
on Saturday night 14 February and held for about 30
minutes.
During a search a British soldier took a sheaf of
documents, relating to council business, from
Sheridan's car, took it to the back of a landrover and
in the company of other soldiers rifled through the
papers.
The soldier then removed three documents, one listing
the council's meetings which contain information about
the times and meetings which Sinn Fein councillors
attend.
A second document listed building applications giving
the addresses of those who applied and thirdly general
information about government bodies.
``These documents were private and confidential'', said
Sheridan, ``the British army had no right to take them
and now I fear the crown forces have information about
the timetable and movements of Armagh's Sinn Fein
councillors''.
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