The western trusts has apologised to families of patients on the same hospital ward as two paedophiles blaming a “lack of communication”

James and Owen-Roe McDermott abused children in Donagh in Co Fermanagh for 30 years but were declared unfit for trial.

They are being treated on a psychiatric ward alongside young vulnerable adults at Lakeview Hospital in Derry.

Foyle MP Mark Durkan attended a meeting today between the trust and familes -  he has welcomed the trust’s response but says lakeview is not suitable for treating the brothers: