Witness immunity

The Attorney General has provided an undertaking that any evidence given by a witness before the Robert Hamill Inquiry will not be used in evidence against him or her in any criminal proceedings, except in proceedings where he or she is charged with having given false evidence in the course of the Inquiry or conspiring with or procuring others to do so.


The Attorney General has provided an undertaking in the following terms:

An undertaking in respect of any person who provides evidence to the Inquiry that no evidence he or she may give before the Inquiry, whether orally or by written statement,nor any written statement made preparatory to giving evidence, nor any document or information produced by that person to the Inquiry, will be used in evidence against him or her in any criminal proceedings, except in proceedings where he or she is charged with having given false evidence in the course of this Inquiry or having conspired with or procured others to do so.