NUJ concern after gang threatened to cut throat of Irish News reporter in Belfast court
The NUJ has condemned the treatment of a reporter with the Irish News who had to be escorted from Belfast’s magistrate’s court when a gang threated to cut her throat.
Reporter Allison Morris was called a “Fenian bastard” and a “Fenian c**t” by the gang, the NUJ said, and she was approached in an “intimidatory manner” during an interval at the hearing of a man accused of assaulting two police officers.
Séamus Dooley, NUJ Irish secretary, called on the courts to investigate.
“The court service must examine this incident,” he said. “Court reporters must be allowed to do their work without threats. On Read full story ›
Source: The Drum
