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La PSNI ha dato comunicazione ufficiale dell’apertura di un’indagine penale atta ad accertare eventuali illeciti finanziari di Iris Robinson

“La polizia può confermare che un’indagine penale è stata lanciata dopo le accuse formulate in Spotlight trasmissione della BBC del 7 gennaio 2010.
“L’indagine cercherà di stabilire se è stato commesso un reato dalla parlamentare Iris Robinson, e da ogni altra persona citata nel programma.
“L’inchiesta è condotta daRoy McComb investigatore capo sovraintendente a capo del Police Service’s Organised Crime Branch, specializzata in complesse indagini finanziarie.
“Il servizio di polizia è a conoscenza del rilevante interesse pubblico in questa inchiesta. Il compito della polizia è quello di indagare la potenziale criminalità , nient’altro. La polizia non aggiungerà ulteriori commenti sulle indagini in questo momento.”
Con questo comunicato un portavoce del Police Service of Northern Ireland ha comunicato ufficialmente l’apertura di un’indagine penale a carico di Iris Robinson e di chiunque sia stato coinvolto nel presunto illecito finanziario pianificato a favore di Kirk McCambley, amante della moglie del Primo Ministro nordirlandese all’epoca dei fatti.

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Police probe Iris Robinson claims (BBC News Northern Ireland)
Police in Northern Ireland have launched a criminal investigation into the financial dealings of former DUP Strangford MP Iris Robinson.
A BBC Spotlight programme said she acted illegally over money deals connected to a business being run by a man with whom she was having an affair.
The investigation will be carried out by the organised crime branch.
The programme said she obtained £50,000 from property developers for a business venture for her 19-year-old lover.
It was alleged that she failed to register the money, from two developers, at Stormont or Westminster, and that when her husband Peter Robinson, Northern Ireland’s first minister, found out about the money, he failed to alert the authorities.
Mr Robinson has denied any wrongdoing. He announced last week he was stepping down temporarily from his duties as Northern Ireland’s First Minister to clear his name.
Since the programme was broadcast, Mrs Robinson has resigned as an MP and member of the Stormont Assembly.
In a statement on Thursday, a police spokesman said: “Police can confirm that a criminal investigation has been launched into allegations made in a BBC Spotlight programme broadcast on 7 January 2010.
“The investigation will seek to establish whether any criminal offence has been committed by Iris Robinson, MP, MLA and by any other person referred to in the programme.
“The investigation is led by Detective Chief Superintendent Roy McComb who is head of the Police Service’s Organised Crime Branch, which specialises in complex financial investigations.
“The police service is aware of the substantial public interest in this investigation. The police remit is to investigate potential criminality, nothing else. Police will be making no further comment on the investigation at this time.”
The Northern Ireland Assembly’s Committee on Standards and Privileges had begun an inquiry into the conduct of Iris and Peter Robinson.
However, it is understood that the police investigation is likely to delay this inquiry.
Such a delay is not unprecedented – when Mrs Robinson was being investigated by police over her remarks about homosexuality being “an abomination”, the committee delayed that inquiry.
Ultimately, it will be a matter for the Assembly’s Ombudsman Tom Frawley to make the recommendation to the committee on how to proceed.