SINN Fein leader Gerry Adams has been released from police custody, and a file will be sent to prosecutors by detectives who have questioned him over the murder of Belfast mother-of-ten Jean McConville.
The move means the ultimate decision whether to charge the 65-year-old politician with any offence will be made by Northern Ireland's Public Prosecution Service (PPS) at a later date.
Mr Adams has always denied allegations levelled by former republican colleagues that he ordered the murder in 1972.