In August 2018, it was estimated that up to 100 police officers from the PSNI and Durham Constabulary raided two journalists’ homes and offices, seizing documents and computers, which the men are fighting to have returned.
Northern Ireland’s Lord Chief Justice has said that Belfast High Court is “minded to quash” the warrant which authorised police raids on the homes and offices of investigative journalists Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey.
