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| Police reprimand Gerry Kelly over parade Land Rover incident | Police reprimand Gerry Kelly over parade Land Rover incident |
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| Sinn Féin MLA Gerry Kelly has said police have given him a formal reprimand over an incident in which he was carried on the front of a PSNI Land in June last year. | Sinn Féin MLA Gerry Kelly has said police have given him a formal reprimand over an incident in which he was carried on the front of a PSNI Land in June last year. |
| The incident followed the loyalist Tour of the North parade in Belfast. | The incident followed the loyalist Tour of the North parade in Belfast. |
| Mr Kelly said he had been given "an informed warning relating to my actions in standing with the community". | Mr Kelly said he had been given "an informed warning relating to my actions in standing with the community". |
| "I believed at the time I did the right thing. I was part of calming a very difficult situation," he said. | "I believed at the time I did the right thing. I was part of calming a very difficult situation," he said. |
| "I have always believed that this is a matter which should not be brought before the courts." | "I have always believed that this is a matter which should not be brought before the courts." |
| An informed warning is a formal reprimand by the police. | An informed warning is a formal reprimand by the police. |
| While it is not a conviction, it is recorded on a person's criminal record for 12 months. | While it is not a conviction, it is recorded on a person's criminal record for 12 months. |
| A police spokesperson said they did not comment on named individuals. | A police spokesperson said they did not comment on named individuals. |
| DUP MP Nigel Dodds said Mr Kelly should not have "escaped conviction for blatantly obstructing the PSNI in the operation of their duties". | |
| "The soft handling of this case by the justice system stands in stark contrast to other cases over the past year, with custodial sentences given to bandsmen for playing a flute and to others who have obstructed the police in the operation of their duties," he said. | |
| TUV leader Jim Allister said: "This will do nothing to restore loyalist faith in policing, but, rather, it will perpetuate the present disconnect." |