RUC harassment in Newtonbutler and Lisnaskea
Sinn Féin in Fermanagh is accusing the RUC of conducting a campaign of
harassment against nationalists in the county over the past week. The party
has cited an incident when an RUC patrol car was involved in ramming
incident with a car driven by an ex- republican POW.
According to Sinn Féin's Ruth Lynch, Kevin's sister, an RUC from the
Lisnaskea Mobile Support Unit forced a car being driven by Kevin Lynch, the
councillor's brother, off the road.
Lynch was driving on the Enniskillen Road when he noticed he was being
followed by three carloads of RUC officers. One of the RUC cars pulled in
behind Lynch's car at speed then put on its sirens and flashed the lights.
Lynch indicated to pull in to the side but before he could stop his car was
hit by the RUC car. The RUC officers, some of whom were wearing plain
clothes, got out of their cars and surrounded Lynch. They behaved in a
threatening and aggressive manner throughout the incident. They threatened
him, saying he would be charged with dangerous driving.
According to Ruth Lynch, the RUC are ``carrying out a vendetta against our
family because we recently won a case against the Lisnaskea Mobile Support
Unit''.
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