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Press Statement issued on behalf of our client Bernard Fox
29 January 2007 --
We are acting on behalf of our above named client who, whilst returning from a
family holiday, was held by customs officials on Friday 26th January 2007 at
Belfast International Airport before being questioned by two individuals who
identified themselves as being members of MI5.
Mr Fox, a former Republican ex-prisoner from Belfast, was subjected to a series
of bizarre questions relating to the peace process and the current political
situation. Our client instructs us that whilst being held in an interview room
he repeatedly enquired if he was under arrest and that he wanted his solicitor
notified and present with him. When Mr Fox told them that he was leaving the
interview room, the MI5 officers attempted to give him a telephone number to
contact them and upon leaving the airport terminal, the registration of the car
he was travelling in was noted by police.
Ciarán Shiels, Mr Fox’s solicitor, said today:
“We can confirm that we have written to the PSNI at Belfast International
airport and lodged a formal complaint with The Investigatory Powers Tribunal
about Mr Fox’s treatment. We consider that he was held in circumstances which
amount to an unlawful detention. We have requested that the Investigatory Powers
Tribunal investigate this incident as a matter of urgency.”
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