Lawyers dismissed ‘derisory offers’ to settle cost of case as interest mounts on £500k-plus cost
The PSNI illegally spied on Duncan McCausland, left, and Mark Gilmore – but denied that until forced to admit it
More than two years after admitting it broke the law by spying on two senior police officers, the PSNI is still refusing to pay their legal bill — despite promising a judge at the time that it would do so.
The final bill is understood to have soared due to compound interest which is accumulating the longer the police delay, meaning that it is likely to end up costing taxpayers far more than necessary for a case for which the PSNI ultimately admitted it had no viable defence.