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Vicent Kearney leaving the Royal Courts Of Justice in London in Febuary this year
Vincent Kearney
MI5 and PSNI to pay damages to journalist Vincent Kearney for illegally obtaining his phone data
Vincent Kearney has been awarded a total of £20,000 (€23,000) in damages
FORMER BBC JOURNALIST Vincent Kearney has been awarded a total of £20,000 (€23,000) in damages from MI5 and the Police Service of Northern Ireland by the Investigatory Powers Tribunal after the bodies unlawfully obtained his data.
The RTÉ Northern Ireland editor took the case before the IPT after admissions by MI5 that it illegally accessed Kearney’s communications data in 2006 and 2009 while he was home affairs correspondent with BBC Northern Ireland.
The IPT is the judicial body that adjudicates complaints where claimants believe their human rights have been infringed by UK police and intelligence agencies through covert investigation.
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