Criminalising the McCartney sisters.
One of the obnoxious aspects of this charade is the drawing in of the sisters into this sordid operation by the Provos.
I'm assuming the sisters didn't immediately inform the PSNI of the IRA 'offer'. (If they had done, surely when this story broke it would have been made clear by the sisters that they had so informed the police.)
Therefore, a (completely unworthy) part of me is thinking that they are accessories to a vicious criminal conspiracy.
The ability of the Provos and their Sinn Fein lackeys to contaminate civil society should never be underestimated.