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| Call for McElhill public inquiry | Call for McElhill public inquiry |
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| The West Tyrone MP has told the BBC there should be a public inquiry into the McElhill fire case as there are still too many unanswered questions. | |
| Sinn Fein's Pat Doherty said the performance of the statutory agencies involved needs to be looked at. | Sinn Fein's Pat Doherty said the performance of the statutory agencies involved needs to be looked at. |
| "Why did they not spot all of this? There were previous warning signs." | "Why did they not spot all of this? There were previous warning signs." |
| On Tuesday a coroner ruled that the convicted sex offender Arthur McElhill killed himself and his family in a house fire in Omagh, County Tyrone. | On Tuesday a coroner ruled that the convicted sex offender Arthur McElhill killed himself and his family in a house fire in Omagh, County Tyrone. |
| He lit the fire when his partner threatened to leave him. | He lit the fire when his partner threatened to leave him. |
| In the weeks before the fire he had been having sex with a 16-year-old girl and the coroner said McElhill's fear that the illicit relationship would be discovered may have also played a role in the tragedy. | In the weeks before the fire he had been having sex with a 16-year-old girl and the coroner said McElhill's fear that the illicit relationship would be discovered may have also played a role in the tragedy. |
| 'Traumatic' | 'Traumatic' |
| Mr Doherty said he believed there was "enough previous history" around McElhill that the issues should have been "picked up and dealt with". | Mr Doherty said he believed there was "enough previous history" around McElhill that the issues should have been "picked up and dealt with". |
| "I cannot see any way other than a public inquiry to get to the bottom of this because this is so huge, so traumatic and so hurtful to the whole community and to the extended family." | "I cannot see any way other than a public inquiry to get to the bottom of this because this is so huge, so traumatic and so hurtful to the whole community and to the extended family." |
| In 2008, the health minister said there were "failings on the part of the health and social services" in the case. | In 2008, the health minister said there were "failings on the part of the health and social services" in the case. |
| Michael McGimpsey was speaking after an independent report said the authorities involved with the family could not have known what was about to happen. | Michael McGimpsey was speaking after an independent report said the authorities involved with the family could not have known what was about to happen. |
| The report, which was carried out by Henry Toner QC criticised how different agencies communicated information about the type of man Arthur McElhill was and the crimes he had already carried out. | The report, which was carried out by Henry Toner QC criticised how different agencies communicated information about the type of man Arthur McElhill was and the crimes he had already carried out. |
| It focused on social workers employed by the Western Health and Social Care Trust and highlighted how they had to be told by police that Arthur McElhill was a threat to teenage girls, even though the information was in his files and could be accessed by them. | It focused on social workers employed by the Western Health and Social Care Trust and highlighted how they had to be told by police that Arthur McElhill was a threat to teenage girls, even though the information was in his files and could be accessed by them. |
| The Toner report made 63 recommendations about how agencies could interact more effectively in future. | The Toner report made 63 recommendations about how agencies could interact more effectively in future. |