70 岁的前警察罗伯特·塞西尔·阿特金森 (Robert Cecil Atkinson) 因密谋掩盖 1997 年宗派谋杀罗伯特·哈米尔 (Robert Hamill) 的谋杀嫌疑人的电话而被判入狱 12 个月。 70-year-old ex-police officer Robert Cecil Atkinson jailed for 12 months for conspiring to cover up call to murder suspect in 1997 sectarian killing of Robert Hamill.

70 岁的前警察罗伯特·塞西尔·阿特金森 (Robert Cecil Atkinson) 承认密谋掩盖在 1997 年阿马郡波塔当的罗伯特·哈米尔 (Robert Hamill) 宗派谋杀案发生后数小时内给一名谋杀嫌疑人的家打电话的行为，被判入狱 12 个月。 70-year-old former police officer Robert Cecil Atkinson was jailed for 12 months after admitting to conspiring to cover up a phone call he made to the home of a murder suspect within hours of the 1997 sectarian killing of Robert Hamill in Portadown, Co Armagh. 阿特金森是一名退休的皇家阿尔斯特警察预备役警员，他被指控在哈米尔遭到效忠派殴打时未能进行干预。 Atkinson, a retired RUC Reserve Constable, was accused of failing to intervene when Hamill was beaten by loyalists. 对哈米尔死亡事件的公开调查结果尚未公开，他的家人呼吁公开调查结果。 The public inquiry into Hamill's death has not been made public, and his family has called for its release.