Gay rights campaigner welcomes Isle of Man police apology

Police chief's apology for way laws against homosexuality were enforced described as long overdue'

A campaigner who came to symbolise the battle for gay rights on the Isle of Man has welcomed a long overdue" apology from a police chief for the way the island's laws against homosexuality were enforced.

In a five page letter to the Isle of Pride group, Gary Roberts, the chief constable of Isle of Man constabulary, makes an apology for his service's institutionalised approach, which caused harm to some people".