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Adams and Orde to discuss west Belfast crime wave

Friday, 18 April 2008

Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams is due to meet PSNI chief constable Hugh Orde today amid ongoing criticism of the failure to tackle crime in west Belfast.

Mr Adams has been under pressure in his electoral heartland over what voters say is a republican failure to ensure the police are preventing crime in the area.

West Belfast has experienced three murders in recent months, while last weekend, two men died in a stolen car and a woman was raped in a forest park.

Mr Adams has accused the PSNI of failing to provide proper policing in the area, but Mr Orde has rejected the criticism as unfair and unjustified.

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