The sister of Rosaleen O'Kane, whose burnt body was found in her flat in Belfast in 1976, says she feels vindicated after a High Court judge rules that the police failed to properly investigate the murder
The sister of a woman murdered 47 years ago has said she feels vindicated after a judge ruled that the police failed to properly investigate her death.
He described the level of police inactivity as egregious and inexplicable and said the manner in which the investigation was conducted "was considerably worse" than he had initially found. "It's just unbelievable - you couldn't make a story up like that," Ms O'Kane's sister Kathleen Graham told BBC Radio Ulster's Evening Extra programme on Tuesday.Ms Graham said that after "48 years of nothing" she felt vindicated by the court ruling.
Ms Graham issued judicial review proceedings against the PSNI, claiming the force had breached an obligation to detect crime and bring offenders to justice. Following the witness's death in 2011, the police concluded that nothing more could be done about his earlier statement.
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