The case related two two radio interviews in which journalist Malachi O’Doherty had stated Mr Kelly had shot a prison officer during the Maze escape.

A barrister representing the family of Sean Brown told a court their treatment by state agencies was a ‘public shame and a public disgrace’.

Submissions in a legal challenge to the Government’s legislation to deal with the legacy of the Troubles has ended.

The High Court in Belfast is hearing a legal challenge to the UK government’s new laws to deal with the legacy of the Troubles

High Court judge Mr Justice Colton will hear the case at the Royal Courts of Justice in Belfast.