Hostage Brian Keenan vouches for Denis Donaldson

national | miscellaneous | news report Wednesday November 20, 2002 21:55 by solida walsh

Former hizbulah Hostage Brian Keenan, backs the campaign to release Sinn Fein clerk Denis Donaldson. Brian Keenan ex middle east hostage sends in a Reference on behalf of prisoner Denis Donaldson, vouching for Denis Donaldson's character and urging the Brit magistrate to release Denis Donaldson's on bail.

In further developments, the PSNI admitted that they had misled Prison officers about finding prison officer details in the hands of republicans. A spokesperson for the Prison Service said, 'that there was NO EVIDENCE indicating a change in the level of threat to prison officers', therefore Prison officers were not entitled to increased protection, relocation or increased security measures. Prison officers staged walk outs and stayed off work sick today,'blue flu', after being misled by uncorroborated wild claims, and speculation by the PSNI.