From Relatives for Justice (statement followed by comments from Tommy Carroll, brother of Roddy):

A preliminary inquest hearing this morning heard from lawyers, acting on behalf of PSNI Chief Matt Baggot, request an extension in order to prepare redactions and submit Public Interest Immunity Certificates, more commonly known as gagging orders, in respect of the Stalker/Sampson Reports into shoot-to-kill.
 
Previously senior Coroner John Leckey had given the new PSNI chief a deadline of September 9th to provide the reports but he failed to meet this deadline. His predecessor, Hugh Orde, had similarly failed to meet deadlines.
 
However, this morning at Belfast Coroners Court an extension was granted by Coroner John Leckey until the end of February 2010 in which redacted copies of the report will be provided to court.
 
It was also agreed that a format for making these available would equally occur enabling all those represented to receive the reports and associated materials. Reference was made to potential protocols recently discussed by all parties involved in the inquest into the murder of Roseanne Mallon in which Justice Weir instructed that the timeframe initially set out by the PSNI, under instructions from MI5, in assessing material evidence were too lengthy.
 
The court was also told that apart from the actual Stalker/Sampson report there were 18 additional boxes containing materials and a number of lever-arch files known as appendices containing statements. The latter were said by lawyers acting for the PSNI chief to be 'sensitive materials' and that 'applications for Public Interest Immunity concerning these would be made possibly from three separate sources.' It is believed that this may relate to the PSNI, the MoD and MI5.