It is not the scope of the Inquiry to determine criminal responsibility in the case and these submissions will therefore express no views on the charges brought against a number of individuals who have been accused of perpetrating the murder or of hiring accomplices therein or of covering up for them, and on the evidence heard against them up to now. It is clear, however, that even though this conspiracy may have involved a number of persons, those engaged in organising the murder itself would appear to be limited to a restricted few.
Anyone who instigates or allows oneself to participate in a murder, certainly one in which the action of the perpetrator is concealed in an event such as a remotely-detonated car-bomb, does so in the conviction that he or she is likely not to face consequences.