PSNI corruption case 'wasted £1m'

An investigation into alleged corruption in the PSNI has ended with a recommendation that no charges be brought.

Following the two-year inquiry, a judge said there had been a wasteful loss of public funds in the region of £1m.

It comes after a case in which a judge said there was evidence someone within the PSNI had undermined a firm which lost a vehicle armour-plating contract.

The contract ended up going to another firm at a much greater cost.

The Public Prosecution Service said there was insufficient evidence to bring charges.

The judge in the case awarded £400,000 in damages to NI Sheet Metal Works Ltd.

The Belfast-based company took an action for breach of contract after Firth Rixson Castings Ltd was awarded the contract, at an extra cost of £350,000.

The judge said once legal costs had been taken into account, the wasteful loss of public funds was in the region of £1m.