Three teenagers have been arrested following the murder of a man who was found in Twinbrook in west Belfast.

Christopher Meli, 20, was discovered on Saturday near houses at Glasvey Close.
Police said the youths, two aged 18 and one aged 16, had been arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder.
They are also investigating a serious assault on another young man who was in the company of Mr Meli.
He was taken to hospital, but later discharged.
Mr Meli's mother Vanessa Burke said her son was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
"I believe that Christopher died a very violent death," she said.
"I know in my heart and soul he was calling me, I believe he was calling me, or both of us. Me and Christopher were close, anyone who knows us, knows how close we were."
Speaking on Sunday, Det Ch Insp Gareth Talbot said: "After examination by ambulance staff the man was pronounced dead at the scene. A number of injuries were noted on the body and as such, we are treating this death as murder."
Police appealed for anyone with information to contact them.
John McPoland from the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service said a crew attended the scene.
"At 12:50 GMT on Saturday the ambulance service received a call from a resident in the Glasvey Close area reporting that there was a young man lying on the street with blood coming from his head," he said.
"He did indicate to us at the time that he felt the young man was dead.
"We did send a crew up to the scene and unfortunately they found that the person was deceased at the scene and they stayed until the police arrived and assisted the police as best they could."
Sinn FÃ©in MLA Jennifer McCann said she was "shocked" to hear about the death.
"I have spoken to the local PSNI and they tell me they are treating it as a violent death," she said.
"My thoughts and prayers are with this young man's family at this time and I would appeal to anyone with information to bring it forward to the PSNI."


Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho refused to speak to the media after he was sent to the stands during his side's 2-1 defeat by West Ham.

On Friday, Mourinho had warned his relationship with the media would be changing after phone camera footage of him in west London was published.
"You don't get good and funny headlines from me now," Mourinho said.
Gary Cahill was the only Chelsea player to speak after the game, saying: "We are not feeling sorry for ourselves."
Cahill had levelled after Mauro Zarate put West Ham ahead, but Andy Carroll's late header gave the Hammers the points.
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The derby defeat was Chelsea's fifth in their opening 10 league matches this season, and came after Mourinho, assistant first team coach Silvino Louro and midfielder Nemanja Matic were all sent off.
Louro was dismissed for his reaction to Matic's second booking before half-time, while Mourinho was shown a red card for comments he made to referee Jon Moss during the interval.
Mourinho watched most of the second half from the directors' box at Upton Park, but disappeared shortly after Carroll headed home West Ham's winner.
West Ham manager Slaven Bilic said that he had spoken to Mourinho after the match.
"I feel for him," Bilic said. "Decisions from his point of view have gone against him. I would moan if it was against us. But they are not mistakes; they are matters of opinion."
Mourinho has been caught up in controversy numerous times this season, including banishing team doctor Eva Carneiro from the bench and being handed a £50,000 Football Association fine and suspended stadium ban for saying officials were "afraid" to award his side penalties.


Two people arrested after a fatal car crash in Hampshire have been released while investigations continue.

The crash, involving a Peugeot 206, happened on Fareham's Highlands Road in the early hours of Friday. A 23-year-old man from Fareham was pronounced dead at the scene.
A local man, 23, and a 25-year-old from Portsmouth were arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.
Police said both had been released while inquiries continue.
The road was shut for eight hours.


Ferrari have a "realistic" chance of mounting a serious title challenge to Mercedes in 2016, according to technical director James Allison.

Sebastian Vettel finished third in this year's championship, winning three races to champion Lewis Hamilton's 10.
Allison said: "If we do everything we intend, we have a realistic chance next year will be a classic year for F1 - and for Ferrari I hope even stronger.
"But saying it is easy and doing it is a lot, lot harder."
Allison, 47, is the man charged with turning around Ferrari's fortunes after a dip in form in recent years and a title drought dating back to 2007.
He has led a recovery this year after Ferrari had in 2014 its worst season in two decades, failing to win and taking only two podiums.
This year, Vettel, who replaced Fernando Alonso after the former Ferrari team leader moved to McLaren believing they would give him a better chance of winning a third world title, has scored 13 podiums, including his victories in Malaysia, Hungary and Singapore.
Allison, who was speaking in an exclusive interview for the BBC F1 Review show, was glowing in his praise for Vettel, describing his year as "flawless".
"It's easiest to talk about it by looking at Bahrain, the weakest race of the year, where he made one or two errors," Allison said.
"We don't have as good a car as the Mercedes, that's obvious, and yet we've won three races. Sebastian has won all three.
"And the reason that he has won those three and put it on the podium as much as he has is that we ask him to sort of work miracles to put his car in a competitive position, because the car is not yet good enough to be the winning car.
"And he delivers those miracles sort of lap after lap, race after race, weekend after weekend.
"Then, just occasionally, once or twice in a whole year in thousands of laps, you see evidence that there isn't a machine there, there's a human. And that shows the magnificence of the achievement in all the other races."
Allison said Vettel was "an easy guy to work with" and related his "understanding of the value of being in a team" with that of seven-time champion Michael Schumacher, with whom Allison worked during Ferrari's dominant era of 2000 to 2004.
"With drivers, the number one thing you want is that they are fast and don't make mistakes," Allison said. "And quite often the type of personality that is necessary to be fast and not to make mistakes is not necessarily the most sympathetic character to get along with.
"Sebastian is one of the unusual characters who is very straightforward and easy. Ego-less is wrong, but his ego is kept in check to be part of the group and team. It makes it a) a pleasure and b) it greatly increases the power of the group when the person who has to deliver on Sunday wants to be part of the team.
"I have worked with two guys who really, really understand the value of being in a team and one was Michael and the other is Sebastian.
"That's not to denigrate the others but it's a particular strength in Sebastian and it was a particular strength in Michael."
Allison described the season of Vettel's team-mate Kimi Raikkonen as "a bit of a curate's egg".
Allison described Raikkonen's drive to second place in Bahrain early in the season as "fantastic", adding: "There have been a number of other occasions where he has made Sebastian sweat and made him have to stretch himself to keep his team-mate at bay.
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"And other races like Silverstone where Sebastian was utterly candid that he couldn't live with Kimi at various sections of the track in the race, he was not as quick.
"But at other times in the year a few errors have crept in and he has had some real misfortune, where our reliability has dropped the ball for him.
"But what we have seen through the season, and latterly particularly, is Kimi really making Sebastian work for his money.
"I am looking forward to next season because I know the relationship will stay strong between them and to see the pair of them spurring each other on. Kimi is a very experienced and strong driver and I am looking forward to seeing what he can do next year."
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A man who killed his 16-day-old daughter with "unspeakable violence" has been jailed for life.

Preston Crown Court heard Matthew Higham either punched or slammed his daughter Florence Liberty Mae repeatedly against a hard surface.
Higham, 23, of Shaw Road South, Shaw Heath, Stockport, admitted murder.
Sentencing him to a minimum of 25 years Mr Justice Kerr said: "You battered her to death, her injuries were horrifying."
The judge also said it was a "brutal and frenzied attack", adding: "It was a crime of such unspeakable violence it is difficult to understand how any human being could do such a thing."
Mr Benjamin Nolan QC, defending Higham said: "He does not remember the actual events of the killing."
Higham made his admission on the first day of the hearing.
Gordon Cole QC, prosecuting said the little girl, who was pronounced dead at 20:38 BST on 29 July 2015, received "extensive injuries" at the hands of her father.
The court heard Higham was looking after the baby while Florence's mother Sharon Collins visited a sick relative in hospital.
Mr Cole said Higham dialled 999 at 20:06 claiming his daughter was "bleeding out of her nose, mouth and ears" but denied injuring her.
Her injuries included multiple skull and rib fractures, facial injuries and bruising, causing acute brain damage.
Internal injuries and organ damage included a lacerated liver.
Pathologist Dr Naomi Carter said these injuries were consistent with repeated punches in the face or being slammed repeatedly against a hard surface.
Neither could she rule out that Florence was also kicked, squeezed or stamped on. Fingertip bruises on the little girl's arms, legs and chest indicated she was "gripped and pinched with considerable force".
The court heard Higham tried to clean the house before emergency services arrived.
Andrew Webb, Director of Services to People at Stockport Council, said that a multi-agency Serious Case Review would be carried out.


Boojum, the Belfast-based chain of burrito restaurants, has been sold.

The business was owned by John and Karen Blisard and began operating in 2007.
It now has five branches: two in Belfast, two in Dublin and one in Galway.
The firm's last set of abbreviated accounts suggest it made a profit of around Â£300,000 in 2014. It has been taken over by Belfast brothers David and Andrew Maxwell.
They are backed by the Dublin-based investment firm Renatus Capital Partners
Andrew Maxwell is a former professional rugby player with Ulster.
David has previously run restaurants in Arizona where he said he "fell in love with Mexican food and culture".
He said they planned to expand the chain.
"The management and crew at Boojum provide exceptional service which has been pivotal to the success of the business," they said.
"Our aim, in partnership with Renatus, is to preserve that success and build on it.
"We expect to create many new jobs as we bring the Boojum experience to new communities."
The deal was initiated by the Belfast-based corporate advisors HNH Group.
Matt McCullough from HNH played rugby at Ulster with Andrew Maxwell.
He said: "Knowing the Maxwells, who are high quality operators with a passion for Mexican food, we felt they would be capable of maintaining everything that is good about the Boojum brand, whilst moving the business forward.
"These aspects were key to making this deal happen."
The sale does not include the Blisard's barbecue restaurant, Bubbacue.


A master player of the game Go has won his first match against a Google  computer program, after losing three in a row in a best-of-five competition.

Lee Se-dol, one of the world's top players, said his win against AlphaGo was "invaluable".
The Chinese board game is considered to be a much more complex challenge for a computer than chess, and AlphaGo's wins were seen as a landmark moment for artificial intelligence.
A fifth game will be played on Tuesday.
Go is a game of two players who take turns putting black or white stones on a 19-by-19 grid. Players win by taking control of the most territory on the board.
Commentator Michael Redmond said AlphaGo had been playing well up until the middle of the game, but at move 78, Mr Lee played brilliantly.
Speaking after his victory, Mr Lee said: "I've never been congratulated so much because I've won one game."
Google representatives said the defeat was "very valuable" for AlphaGo, as it identified a problem which they could now try to fix.
In the first game of the series, AlphaGo triumphed by a very narrow margin - Mr Lee had led for most of the match, but AlphaGo managed to build up a strong lead in its closing stages.
After losing the second match to Deep Mind, Lee Se-dol said he was "speechless" adding that the AlphaGo machine played a "nearly perfect game".
In the third game commentators said that Lee Se-dol had brought his "top game" but that AlphaGo had won "in great style".
The AlphaGo system was developed by British computer company DeepMind which was bought by Google in 2014.
It has built up its expertise by studying older games and teasing out patterns of play.
DeepMind chief executive Demis Hassabis said AlphaGo "played itself, different versions of itself, millions and millions of times and each time got incrementally slightly better".
"It learns from its mistakes," he told the BBC.
Go is thought to date back to several thousand years ago in China.
Using black-and-white stones on a grid, players gain the upper hand by surrounding their opponents pieces with their own.
The rules are simpler than those of chess, but a player typically has a choice of 200 moves, compared with about 20 in chess - there are more possible positions in Go than atoms in the universe, according to DeepMind's team.
It can be very difficult to determine who is winning, and many of the top human players rely on instinct.


It has been an eventful day for Nigeria, as the country votes in long-awaited presidential elections.

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As many as 12,000 people a year are being treated in the corridors of a Kent A&E unit, figures have shown.

BBC South East has revealed Medway Maritime Hospital, in Gillingham, treated 855 patients in corridors in June.
Board papers said it was "the lowest number this year".
The Medway NHS report said all patients treated in the corridor "met acceptable clinical criteria", following snapshot audits through the day and night.
Andrew Stradling, clinical director of Medway's emergency department, said staff talked to patients before they were treated in corridors.
He said: "We talk to them before we put them in any overflow area, so they understand why they're in that area and the fact that it is safe.
"The numbers - the figures of 800 to 900 in a month - that sounds like a huge figure, but that includes everyone even if they just spend 10 or 15 minutes in that area."
He said: "We're very clear that we capture those numbers so we know exactly how bad the situation is."
The hospital has been in special measures for three years.
Kelly Tolhurst, Conservative MP for Rochester and Strood, said: "We know Medway has improved slightly. More people are being seen within four hours.
"While there's no excuse for people to be treated in the corridors, actually that process is being managed by the Medway hospital in a way to try and protect patient safety."
She said: "It's not acceptable long term. But that's one of the reasons why they put in the proposal for the redevelopment of the A&E department."
She said the Â£20m redevelopment would see 11 beds increase to 41 beds - one of which will be used to cope with extra demand.
Analysis by Mark Norman, BBC South East health correspondent
Is Medway the only hospital to treat patients in corridors? Of course not. Sometimes it's called a "cohort" area or an "overflow" area.
All hospital A&E departments are seeing a steady increase in the number of patients they see.
No-one has an answer as to how hospitals deal with the increase.
At Medway, they hope the Â£20m improvements will ease the situation. But that will take time to come on stream.
Meanwhile some patients will continue to find themselves being cared for and treated in corridors and overflow areas.


At least 22 Asian workers have been killed and 24 injured in a road accident in the United Arab Emirates, police say.

A bus transporting workers collided with a lorry carrying construction materials in the Zakhir district of the oasis city of al-Ain.
According to GulfNews.com, most of the workers were cleaners of Indian, Bangladeshi or Pakistani origin.
Millions of foreign workers, mostly from South Asia, live in the UAE.
The accident took place on the Old Truck Road during morning rush hour.
The lorry ended up on top of the bus, Gen Hussein al-Harithi, director of Abu Dhabi traffic police told state news agency WAM.
He said the lorry had overturned when its brakes failed and that there had not been a safe distance between the two vehicles.
"Twenty-two people were dead at the scene," he said.  "There were 24 others injured, and their injuries ranged from minor and moderate to serious."
The lorry was reported to be carrying either gravel or sand.
The per-capita death toll on UAE roads is among the highest in the world, according to the World Health Organization.


West Ham boss Slaven Bilic has backed striker Andy Carroll for an England recall, saying he would "help any team" in world football.

Carroll, 28, last played for England in October 2012 but has scored four goals in his last four games for the Hammers.
"Every manager would like to have him in his team or squad," said Bilic.
"Andy would help any team. Andy would help the German team, Andy would help the Croatian team, the Spanish team, because he is a top player."
Carroll has scored twice for England - including a fine header in a Euro 2012 win against Sweden - but has suffered with multiple injuries since joining West Ham originally on loan in 2012.
He has made 68 Premier League starts from a possible 176 for the Hammers, and is a doubt to face West Brom this weekend with a groin injury.
Bilic said: "He is a top player. He brings you everything, everything that you could ask from a centre-forward.
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"We didn't want to take any risk with him, we will see on Friday if he is going to be available for Saturday.
"It is not something that is major. If it was bigger we would rule him out."
England are in action against Germany in a friendly on 22 March before hosting Lithuania four days later.


Dozens of people have been killed at a Yemeni prison complex in air strikes by the Saudi-led coalition, reports say.

Strikes hit a building used as a prison in the al-Zaydiya security headquarters in the western port of Hudaydah, security and medical officials say.
The city is under the control of Houthi rebels, who have been battling the government since 2014.
Rebels and inmates were among more than 33 dead, officials said. Houthi media put the death toll at 43.
The prison was holding 84 inmates when it was hit three times late on Saturday, reports said. Pictures from the scene showed badly wounded people being rushed to hospital.
The coalition, which backs Yemen's exiled President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi, has been criticised for the number of civilians killed in its air strikes.
Earlier this month, at least 140 people were killed, most of them civilians, when planes bombed a funeral hall in Yemen's capital, Sanaa.
The coalition later blamed the attack on "bad information".
The latest air strikes came as President Hadi rejected a new peace proposal submitted by UN envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed.
President Hadi, who lives in exile in the Saudi capital Riyadh, said the plan "rewards the coup leaders and punishes the Yemeni people at the same time".
Details of the peace "roadmap" have not been made public but are believed to give the rebels a share in any future government.
The plan is also believed to involve reducing some presidential powers in exchange for Houthis withdrawing from major cities.
The Shia Houthis seized the capital, Sanaa, in 2014. Much of the internationally-recognised government is now based in Yemen's second city of Aden.
The conflict escalated in March 2015 when the Saudi-led coalition launched an air campaign to try to push the rebels back.


A baby was stillborn after a string of hospital failings including broken equipment and his mother being given the wrong drugs.

Sam Reid and her partner Dale Jones took legal action after son Theo's death at Pontefract Hospital.
Ms Reid said equipment to monitor Theo's heartbeat was broken as well as paramedics getting lost, at the West Yorkshire hospital last February.
Mid Yorkshire Hospital NHS Trust admitted liability and apologised.
Ms Reid said: "We took the car seat to hospital thinking we're going to come home with a baby in that car seat and we never did.
"That's the hardest part but it shouldn't have happened."
Ms Reid's labour was progressing normally but towards the end she said it was clear things had started to go "disastrously wrong" in the midwife-led unit at the hospital, which does not have an emergency department.
She said the phone used by the midwife to alert paramedics to transfer her for emergency care was not properly connected and when an ambulance was finally called it was based 14 miles away.
"It took paramedics 23 minutes to get to me then they got lost in the hospital," she explained.
"I was [also] given the wrong drugs at the wrong time and they never monitored me through my labour."
A letter from the trust sent to Ms Reid's solicitor Suzanne Munroe states: "The trust accepts that the care that the claimant received was below the level to which she was entitled to expect.
"The trust admits that, but for its failings, the tragic stillbirth of the claimant's baby would have been avoided."
Ms Munroe said: "It's important for Sam that there's an acknowledgement that things should have been done differently."
Gill Pownall, the trust's head of nursing and midwifery, said: "On behalf of the trust I offer them our unreserved apology."


National Museum Wales has made a "significantly enhanced offer" to staff taking part in strike action because of proposed changes to weekend payments.

The Welsh Government's leader of the house and chief whip confirmed that NMW made the offer to the PCS union at the weekend.
Jane Hutt told AMs that the museum and the PCS were meeting on Wednesday afternoon to discuss the offer.
About 300 of the museum's staff receive the payments and 220 are PCS members.
600 staff
300 receive weekend premium payments
Â£4,000 lump sum offer equivalent to two years of weekend payments
-4.7% grant funding cut from Welsh Government, 2016/17
The union has been holding strikes at NMW sites, while industrial action has been going on for more than two years.
Staff have already been offered a lump sum equivalent to two years' worth of premium payments as part of the deal to end extra payments for working weekends and bank holidays.


Hewlett-Packard (HP) is suing Autonomy co-founder Mike Lynch and former chief financial officer Sushovan Hussain for about $5.1bn (Â£3.4bn).

HP is suing for alleged fraud. Separately, Mr Lynch and the former management of Autonomy plans to sue HP for more than Â£100m, alleging "false and negligent statements".
US-based HP bought software firm Autonomy in 2011 for $11bn.
HP later wrote down the value of its purchase by three quarters.
Industry observers suggested there may have been problems with due diligence before Autonomy was bought.  HP purchased Autonomy with the aim of moving more into software.
But shortly after buying it, HP claimed it had been misled by Autonomy as to the firm's true value.
Earlier this year, the Serious Fraud Office closed its investigation into Autonomy's sale, saying that "on the information available to it, there is insufficient evidence for a realistic prospect of conviction."
It ceded legal jurisdiction to US authorities. Mr Lynch and Mr Hussain have consistently denied any allegation of impropriety.
HP said in an emailed statement that: "HP can confirm that, on 30 March, a Claim Form was filed against Michael Lynch and Sushovan Hussain.
"The lawsuit seeks damages from them of approximately $5.1 billion. HP will not comment further until the proceedings have been served on the defendants,"
HP said it had filed its claim in London's Chancery Division High Court.
Meanwhile, representatives for Mr Lynch and his colleagues said in a separate statement: "The former management of Autonomy announces today they will file claims against HP.
"Former Autonomy CEO Mike Lynch's claim, which is likely to be in excess of Â£100 million, will be filed in the UK."
Late last summer, Autonomy filed papers in a San Francisco court accusing HP of "mismanagement" of the takeover.
Autonomy's former chief financial officer, Sushovan Hussain, said then that HP wanted to "cover up its mismanagement of the Autonomy integration".
At the time HP dismissed Mr Hussain's complaint as "preposterous".


Staff from a 24-hour taxi firm have raised the alarm for dozens of people to leave their homes when a major fire began in an apartment block in east Belfast.

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Residents had to be moved from the Helm Housing flats on Woodstock Link during the early hours of Saturday morning.
A 32-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life.
Colletta Smith reports for BBC Newsline.


Coach Stephen Keshi met with the Nigeria Football Federation's (NFF) disciplinary committee on Tuesday to answer questions on why his name appeared on a list of candidates to manage Ivory Coast.

However goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama declined the chance to appear to answer questions about comments he made about playing an international match in Kaduna.
The NFF executive board will have the final say on any punishments, on a date yet to be decided.
Keshi, who signed a new two-year deal with the NFF in April, was on a list of 59 applicants published recently by the Ivorian federation (FIF) to take over from Frenchman Herve Renard.
Meanwhile, Super Eagles captain Enyeama made "uncomplimentary remarks" regarding safety and security in Kaduna for a 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Chad.
Enyeama, who plays for French club Lille and is the Super Eagles most capped player with 101 appearances, failed to reply to messages from the NFF seeking an explanation for his comments.
The 32-year-old could face a lengthy ban for his comments which the NFF feels broke its recent code of conduct signed by the players as well as his failure to attend Tuesday's hearing.


German carmakers have said that the UK will have to accept the free movement of EU citizens in return for access to the single market.

Matthias Wissmann, from the German Automotive Industry Association, said the UK would have to accept the "bitter pill" of free movement.
Restricting access to the UK was a key promise of the Leave campaign.
Leave campaigners also argued that, to help car exports, Germany would push for a generous trade deal with the UK.
However, the German carmakers appear to be taking a tough line.
"We don't like to build new barriers... but any bid to secure full access to the single market would necessarily come with conditions. Everyone who negotiates on the British side will understand that," Mr Wissmann said.
"If you want full access to the market, that comes necessarily with the free movement of people. That's the bitter pill the Brexiteers have to accept," he added.
Responding to those comments, Conservative MP John Redwood said: "I don't think he [Mr Wissman] speaks for the German government
"We've heard Mrs Merkel take a fairly emollient line. She is only too well aware that German industry is saying to her: 'For goodness sake do not end up with tariffs and barriers in the way of our very substantial exports to the United Kingdom market.'"
Mr Redwood thinks that the UK would get a much better deal than Norway and Switzerland who are outside the European Union, because the UK is a "very heavy net importer".


Ullapool's annual Loopallu music festival took place on Friday and Saturday.

The event had sold out for an 11th year in a row.
This year's acts included The Temperance Movement, Reverend & The Makers, Skipinnish, Skerryvore, Little Mammoths and The Supernaturals.
Ullapool Pipe Band also be mades its traditional appearance at the music festival. Photographer Paul Campbell captured scenes from the weekend.


Armed French police have begun patrols on cross-Channel ferries in a bid to prevent terrorist attacks.

The scheme started on Monday, but with no agreement yet in place for French police to patrol vessels in UK waters, they arrived by helicopter and boarded a ferry as it approached France.
The two governments are in talks about French officers patrolling for full crossings, France's marine police said.
The Home Office said security plans were under "constant review".
French authorities told the BBC no timeline had been set for an agreement to be reached.
Speaking to the AFP news agency, French marine police spokesman Lieutenant Pierre-Joachim Antona said a "permanent unit" had been deployed since Monday to carry out high-visibility patrols on passenger ferries.
"The marine gendarmes will carry out patrols, which will be random but regular, with the aim of securing these vessels against the terrorist threat," he said.
The first patrol took place on Monday, when three French sea marshals arrived on the Brittany Ferries vessel Mont St Michel by helicopter.
A Brittany Ferries spokesman said the vessel left Portsmouth for Caen in France at 14:45 BST and, in a "pre-scheduled security exercise", the marshals were flown on to the boat at 17:30.
"They then proceeded to patrol the bridge and passenger areas of the vessel," he said.
He added: "Passengers were informed via announcements in English and French before the exercise took place.
"Access to outside decks was not allowed at the time of the helicopter's arrival."
Professor Andrew Serdy, a maritime law expert at Southampton University, said French police have "no jurisdiction" in UK territorial waters, except by agreement with the British government.
But he said airlifting officers showed an "abundance of caution" - and suggested France may be "treading carefully" until a deal with the UK is agreed.
Outside of UK and French territorial waters - which stretch up to 12 nautical miles from the countries' coasts - Prof Serdy said jurisdiction would depend on where a vessel was registered.
Brittany Ferries' 10 vessels are all "French-flagged", meaning French police could operate on them outside territorial waters.
It is not clear whether the French police's plan includes non-French vessels, such as UK-flagged ferries arriving in France.
The UK Home Office did not comment on the talks with French officials.
"We work extremely closely with our French counterparts on matters related to security and counter-terrorism," a spokesman said.
"We keep security arrangements, including those related to maritime security, under constant review."
The French police plan comes in the wake of several attacks in European countries including France.
Last month there were lengthy delays for UK passengers heading to the port of Dover due to increased security checks at French border posts.


A second outbreak of avian flu in two days has been found at Lancashire farms, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said.

The H5N8 strain was confirmed in a small backyard flock of chickens and ducks near Thornton-Cleveleys.
It follows the culling of about 30 birds at a nearby farm on Thursday.
Defra said a 3km protection zone and 10km surveillance zone had been put in place around the premises to limit the risk of the disease spreading.
The Food Standards Agency said the disease was not a risk to food safety.
Public Health England said the risk to public health from the virus was very low.
A spokeswoman for Defra said the flock contained nine birds, a number of which had died while the remaining live birds will be humanely culled.
"A full investigation is under way to determine the source of the infection," she said.
In January, there were a number of other outbreaks of the virus, including at farms in Wyre in Lancashire, Lincolnshire, North Yorkshire and Carmarthenshire.


Notts County have completed the loan signings of Arsenal defender Marc Bola, Nottingham Forest's Jorge Grant and Hull defender Josh Clackstone.

Bola, 19, signed a professional deal with the Gunners in April after playing regularly for their under-21 side.
Midfielder Grant, 22, has played 17 league games for Forest since joining the Championship club in 2013.
Clackstone, 20, can play at right-back or centre-half, with all three players joining for the rest of the season.
Grant lined up against Notts in a Central League Cup match on transfer deadline day before the deal was agreed.
The trio join on the same day that Notts County boss Kevin Nolan was registered as a player and West Brom forward Tahvon Campbell arrived on loan.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page or visit our Premier League tracker here.


Britain's Andy Murray produced a near-faultless performance to open his Wimbledon campaign with a crushing victory over Nikolay Davydenko.

Fourth seed Murray dominated the former world number three with a succession of huge serves and pinpoint forehands to prevail 6-1 6-1 6-4 in 92 minutes.
It was his first win on grass this year and he showed no signs of injury.
Murray was given a standing ovation by the Centre Court crowd and will play Ivo Karlovic or Dudi Sela on Thursday.
He pointed to the sky in celebration and will be delighted with the result on his seventh appearance at the All England Club.
"The first two sets were very good, I got off to a great start," Murray told BBC Sport immediately after the match.
"Since Queen's I've been itching to get going and I'm glad to get out of the blocks quickly. I was hitting the ball very cleanly from the beginning and I hit my slice very well, which is important against Davydenko.
"I've got to be ready for the next match - if it's Karlovic I have to strike the ball and serve well."
Murray is once again bidding to become the first British man since Fred Perry in 1936 to win a Grand Slam title, and on this evidence he will launch another strong challenge.
"I settle into matches a bit quicker than I used to," the 25-year-old continued. "The last couple of weeks have been hard.
"I've been desperate to get going because there's so much talk. It's never easy playing in the first round at Wimbledon, but it was a good start."
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Murray has reached the last three Wimbledon semi-finals and his bid to go at least that far in 2012 began well.
The Scot's serve clicked from the outset as he held to love with an ace and followed it up by breaking Davydenko when the Russian put a backhand wide.
He moved to 4-1 with an outstanding backhand winner - after two unstoppable crosscourt forehands - and struck for the third time to seal a 30-minute first set.
Davydenko had won four of their nine previous meetings but none of those came on grass and the 31-year-old has still never been past the fourth round at SW19.
The latest in a catalogue of forehand winners saw Murray break to 15 for a 2-0 lead in the second set, consolidated by holding to love with a booming ace.
Murray looked composed and focused on every point, combining subtle touch with ruthless power to destroy the resolve of his error-strewn opponent.
The fans roared their approval at an inside-out forehand winner that gave Murray a 5-1 lead and he served out to love with a backhand pass.
After more poor play in game one saw Davydenko surrender the third-set initiative, he finally showed glimpses of the form that brought him the 2009 ATP World Tour Finals title.
But by this stage Murray was in the zone and despite squandering two match points in game nine, he came through to love when Davydenko put a backhand long.


A project to improve "one of the worst train services in the UK" has been given the go-ahead.

Journey times between Lincoln and Nottingham are currently slower than they were 100 years ago, according to campaign group Rail Fair.
In a letter from Secretary of State Patrick McLoughlin, funding for three years has been confirmed by the Department for Transport.
It is hoped the improved service will start running in May 2015.
Planned improvements
Earlier this year, Rail Fair - which claims the line is the "worst in the UK" -  started a petition calling for the government to take action over proposals to improve the service.
Robert Jenrick, Conservative MP for Newark, said: "It is absurd that you could travel faster along this key line in 1909 than you can today.
"The line has been neglected for years. That is now changing and Newark and neighbouring communities will receive the east-west service they deserve."
In his letter, Mr McLoughlin said: "The department will continue to work closely with East Midlands Trains to ensure the service enhancements are operational and available to passengers from May 2015."
It is understood the government will contribute more than Â£1m to the estimated Â£2.1m scheme, with the rest of the costs being met by a "consortium of local authorities", the DfT said.


Two goals from Islam Slimani helped Algeria come from behind to draw 2-2 with Tanzania in their Russia 2018 World Cup qualifier in Dar-Es-Salaam.

Earlier, the Taifa Stars had left Algeria stunned by taking a 2-0 lead.
Elias Maguli put the home side ahead in the first leg just before half-time, scoring in the 44th minute.
Tanzania increased their lead after the break with a goal in the 55th minute through their in-form TP Mazembe striker, Mbwana Samatta.
Saturday
The home side were dominating Algeria and had chances to further increase that lead.
But Algeria's Islam Slimani prevented his team from falling to a humiliating defeat to a country lying 109 places below them in the Fifa rankings.
He brought the North Africans back into the game with a goal in the 72nd minute, and made it 2-2 with a second just three minutes later.
Algeria host the second leg in Blida on Tuesday.
There was a big upset in N'Djamena where Chad, ranked 136 in the world, defeated Egypt 1-0 in the first leg of their World Cup qualifier.
Chad secured the victory with a goal from Ezechiel Ndouasel in the 73rd minute.
Ndouasel headed in the ball from close range to put his side in front.
Egypt, seven times champions of Africa, now have much work to do when they host Chad in the Borg El Arab stadium on Tuesday.
Botswana also recorded a victory over a higher ranked team, beating Mali 2-1 in Francistown.
The Zebras raced into a 2-0 lead with a 15th minute goal from Tapiwa Gadibolae and a Joel Mogorosi strike ten minutes later.
Mali gave themselves some hope ahead of their home leg in Bamako on Tuesday, grabbing an away goal in the second half from Samba Sow.
Earlier on Saturday, Congo Brazzaville came from behind to defeat Ethiopia 4-3 in Addis Ababa.
The hosts took a 41st minute lead when Getaneh Kebede put Ethiopia in front.
Their lead only lasted for two minutes, with Thievy Bifouma hitting an equaliser for Congo.
Fabrice N'Guessi Ondama made it 2-1 to the Congolese after the break, scoring in the 63rd minute.
The away side seemed to be racing away with a big victory, with Delvin N'Dinga making it 3-1 after 75 minutes, and then Hardy Binguila adding another for the visitors six minutes later, to make it 4-1.
But Ethiopia almost secured an unlikely draw with a late comeback.
First Dawit Fikadu scored in the 82nd minute to take the scoreline to 4-2, and then Shimeles Bekele Godo made it 4-3 with a goal deep into stoppage time.
Congo held on for a 4-3 victory, and will take that advantage back to Brazzaville when they host Ethiopia in the second leg on Tuesday.
The overall winners advance to the group stages of the qualifiers that will decide the five African nations who will play at the 2018 World Cup in Russia.


The redevelopment of a Belfast sports stadium has been engulfed in controversy after warnings of safety concerns.

The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) is planning to build a 38,000-capacity stadium at its existing west Belfast sports ground, Casement Park.
A whistleblower, safety expert Paul Scott, claimed he was bullied when he raised concerns that the stadium could not be evacuated safely in emergencies.
BBC News NI looks at the main players involved in the stalled sports project.
There are three separate investigations:
He is an expert in ground and crowd safety working at Sport NI. He chairs safety technical groups (STGs) including one on Casement Park. He said there were questions about emergency exits. Mr Scott said warnings had been sounded early in the process. However, the minister said she was shocked to hear them on 30 April when he addressed the CAL committee.
The safety concerns had been outlined in a BBC Newsline report following a Freedom of Information request in November.
Mr Scott was then called to speak to the committee at Stormont. He told them that he had been put under "undue pressure" to approve plans for the new ground by officials from the minister's department.
He also said he had made a complaint of bullying against them.
Mr Scott said he had been told that he was to be replaced.  However, the department and the minister said that he remains chair of the STG.
A draft discussion document proposing that someone from DCAL should lead the safety group was sent to Mr Scott the day before he appeared at Stormont.
A Department spokesperson said the latest discussions around terms of reference for the safety technical group (STG)started last December and that these were drafted by DCAL with input from Sport NI.
A spokesperson said the minister had commissioned an independent review and it would be "inappropriate to comment further ahead of the outcome". The STG is likely to meet soon. It is understood Mr Scott will be in the chair.
It continues. Gaelic Athletic Association officials will probably appear before the CAL committee. They have already denied any involvement in bullying or that they would in any way jeopardise crowd safety.
It is likely the design team will be considering the concerns raised by Mr Scott. The minister said she would be surprised if new proposals for the stadium do not include a reduced capacity.
The GAA had wanted a 38,000-seater venue - the largest stadium in Northern Ireland. Some residents living close to the park objected to the scale of the project.
Not all residents are opposed to the development but there have been local objections to the scale of the project. One group said 18,000 would be the maximum they would accept.
No. The GAA's goal is to have a stadium capable of holding big championship games with up to 38,000 seats. St Tiernach's Park in Clones already has a capacity of around 36,000 so it is difficult to see how the GAA could justify holding a championship final in any Ulster ground that sells significantly fewer tickets.
Emergency exiting concerns at Casement centre on the fact that most spectators leave the ground towards the Andersonstown Road in west Belfast. The question posed by STG members was what happens if the road is closed or blocked as a crowd tries to leave?
The GAA is confident it has a top design team who will have the answer.
The minister said safety has been a top priority throughout the process..
Almost £7m has already been spent and MLAs want assurances that money has not been wasted.
In February, DCAL told the BBC: "The planning application cost approximately £82,000, with the process of appointing a contractor being approximately £295,000".
Questions also remain about how Mr Scott was treated as well as DCAL and Sport NI procedures.
Those carrying out the various investigations have some busy months ahead.


Ed Sheeran's new singles Shape of You and Castle On The Hill have entered the UK singles chart at number one and number two respectively.

The Official Charts Company says it is the first time in history an artist has taken the top two chart positions with brand new songs.
The singer said he was "incredibly chuffed" by the success.
"Both tracks mean a huge amount to me so it really is amazing to see them go to the top of the chart together."
Source: Official Charts Company
Sheeran's comeback follows a "gap year" where he removed himself from social media, making space to write his third album, Ã· (Divide).
Fans were clearly hungry for new material, as the star set several streaming records over the course of the week.
Shape Of You's bouncy, uptempo pop was the bigger hit, notching up 13.4 million streams - smashing the record Drake set last summer, when One Dance was streamed 8.9 million in a single week.
Castle On The Hill, built around a chiming, U2-style guitar riff, also beat Drake's tally, with 11.07 million streams.
On Spotify, Sheeran also broke a global streaming record held by One Direction, whose single Drag Me Down racked up 4.76m streams in one day in August 2015.
Shape Of You was streamed 6.13 million times when it was released last Friday, increasing to 7.24 million streams on Monday.
Source: Official Charts Company
The remarkable performance of his singles ends Clean Bandit's nine-week run at number one.
Their single, Rockabye, drops to number four, while Rag 'N' Bone Man's Human is at three.
There are also new entries for Sean Paul and Dua Lipa's No Lie at 28 and Snakehips' Don't Leave, featuring Danish singer MÃ˜, at 33.
In the album chart, Little Mix held on to the top spot for a fifth week with their album Glory Days.
It is now the most successful album by a girl band since the Spice Girls' Spice spent 15 weeks at number one in 1996.
Meanwhile, David Bowie's Blackstar made a reappearance in the top 40, exactly a year after his death, while his Legacy compilation jumped from 18 to number five.
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Players who saw batsman Phil Hughes collapse on the pitch after being hit on the head will be given counselling.

Hughes was left in a critical condition after being struck by a bouncer from New South Wales fast bowler Sean Abbott while playing for South Australia.
Cricket Australia and the Australian Cricketers' Association will work together to arrange support.
CA chief James Sutherland said every player involved in the game in Sydney would get the "utmost support".
ACA chief executive Alastair Nicholson added: "We were obviously shocked to learn of the seriousness of the incident involving Phil.
"While we have faith that he's receiving the best available treatment, the situation will impact his family, friends and those directly involved on the field. The ACA is therefore working closely with CA to arrange the appropriate counselling for those affected."
Hughes, 25, collapsed after a delivery from Abbott struck him on the head, missing his helmet.
The left-handed batsman was carried off on a stretcher and taken to hospital, where he was put in an induced coma following surgery
Australian media reported that Hughes stopped breathing at one point and needed mouth-to-mouth resuscitation at the side of the pitch.
The Sheffield Shield match was eventually abandoned.
CA, who said Hughes had been "struck on the back, lower left side of the head", added that no blame could be attached to Abbott, a 22-year-old who made his Australia debut last month.
Australia batsman David Warner was fielding for New South Wales when the incident occurred and was alongside Hughes when he was taken off the field of play.
He wrote on Twitter: "Thoughts are with my little mate Hughesy and his family. He is a fighter and a champion and he will get through this. Praying for you buddy."
Other cricketers, past and present, added their support for Hughes.
Legendary Australia spinner Shane Warne wrote on Twitter: "Hang in there buddy, we are all fighting with you."
Former Australia fast bowler Brett Lee told reporters that Hughes is "a terrific guy", adding: "He's got his whole career ahead of him and deserves the best."
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A number of England players also spoke out in support of Hughes.
England bowler James Anderson said it was "sickening" to learn what had happened, while international team-mate Stuart Broad urged Hughes to "fight hard", adding: "Everyone's thoughts are with you and your family."
Ex-England spinner Graeme Swann described Hughes as "a cracking bloke" and said he had "everything crossed for a full and speedy recovery".
The rest of the cricketing world also registered their concern.
India batsman Virat Kohli called Hughes "a top man", while South Africa one-day captain AB de Villiers said he was "hoping for a speedy recovery" for Hughes.
There was also sympathy for pace bowler Abbott, with ex-Australia wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist urging him to "stay strong".
Former Australia bowler Glenn McGrath also tweeted support for Abbott.
Hughes is well known in England, not just for his appearances for Australia but because of stints with Middlesex and Worcestershire.
"All our thoughts and prayers are with Phillip," added England captain Alastair Cook, who is in Sri Lanka for a one-day series.
"We have guys who played with him from Worcester, Middlesex, and quite a few of us have played against him. It's a sad incident and I hope he can show the same fight he's shown his whole career."


Las Vegas is about to host its annual showcase of the latest digital innovations.

More than 20,000 new products are expected to be shown off to 152,000 tech trade attendees at 2014's Consumer Electronics Show (CES).
Exhibitors will spend millions on outlandish press conferences; there will be giant-sized TVs you'll never be able to afford in resolutions your eyes would struggle to appreciate;  a swarm of celebrities ranging from rapper 50 Cent to rockers Fleetwood Mac; and a seemingly endless smorgasbord of sensor-laden, cloud-powered, app-enhanced inventions.
Even if the flops-of-tomorrow are likely to outnumber the success stories, there's always the prospect of a first glimpse of the next big thing.
"CES is a hands-on experience," says Gary Shapiro, president of the Consumer Electronics Association, which organises the event.
"Anyone with an idea can introduce a product and see how people react to it immediately. Whether people want to invest, whether they want to buy it, whether they want to write about it."
Televisions are always one of CES's biggest categories, right back to its first show in 1967.
The two biggest manufacturers - Samsung and LG - will square off once again at this year's event with similar sounding products.
Both have already announced 105in (267cm) sized 4K Ultra HD screens in the extra-wide 21:9 aspect ratio.
The two firms may also show off prototypes that allow users to adjust how curved their OLED (organic light-emitting diode) flexible screens are via a remote control, according to a report in the South Korea Times.
Viewers could, for example, adjust the displays to be more more bent while sat up close playing a video game but more flat when watching sport with others.
The Wall Street Journal also suggests LG will unveil its first TV powered by webOS - the operating system previously used by Palm phones and an HP tablet. A leaked image published by the blogger @evleaks appears to confirm the card-based interface's imminent rebirth.
Japan's Sony, Sharp, Toshiba and Panasonic will also have new Ultra HD models on show, as will China's HiSense and TCL Corp. But the firms are expected to pursue different strategies.
"The Chinese manufacturers are pushing 4K as a common technology in a lot of their models, while the Japanese and Korean brands are still looking for it to be more of a premium feature," explains Edward Border from the consultancy IHS Technology.
"So, for some brands you will mainly see 4K at the higher-end, but for others it could appear in high 30in and low 40in sets."
Polaroid's decision to sell a 50in Ultra HD set for less than $1,000 could also be disruptive.
Watch out too for third-party add-ons that transform older sets into "smart TVs".
For example Bob is an Android-powered stick that plugs into an HDMI port to offer YouTube and video games.
And Tarsier will demo special glasses called Move-Eye that monitor the wearer's hand movements, allowing them to switch channels using gesture controls.
With Google Glass still awaiting a sensible-priced release, smaller firms will be showing off their own tech-enhanced eyewear.
GlassUp will show off a pair that superimposes smartphone alerts, directions and other app information over the user's right eye.
Epson is expected to unveil a new version of its Moverio glasses - the first generation allowed owners to watch 3D movies.
And XoEye will show off glasses with two in-built five megapixel cameras designed to stream stabilised video feeds over wi-fi.
Much of the other wearable tech will be focused on fitness.
Lebanese start-up Butterfleye is at CES with Instabeat, a waterproof heads-up monitor that attaches to swimming goggles to show the wearer's heart rate.
Veristride will promote a shoe insole sensor that provides feedback about the owner's movements.
And Singapore's Smartmissimo is promising to show off the world's first wearable "smart electrical muscle stimulator" for athletes.
The big name brands are also pushing for a slice of the action.
Another scoop from @evleaks indicates LG will have a new fitness tracking wristband. The firm unveiled an earlier model at CES in 2013, but never put it on sale.
"LG is [also] rumoured to be developing a smartwatch that incorporates the same curved display technology found on its newest TV sets and G Flex handset," @evleaks told the BBC.
"For the thin-wristed individual, such a form-fitting piece of kit would be most welcome."
Sony's chief executive Kazuo Hirai could also use his Keynote Address to spell out his vision for wearable tech after mixed reviews for his company's smartwatches.
And Archos is seeking to shake up the category with a watch costing less than Â£50.
Many smartphone and tablet-makers are holding back announcements until February's Mobile World Congress or their own standalone shows.
But three Asian firms have confirmed they will have new products on show:
Intel will want to highlight the release of new Windows laptops that double up as tablets after championing the two-in-one format at previous CES shows.
In addition, Time Magazine has reported that PC Plus will launch at the event - a class of devices powered by Windows 8.1 that can run some Android apps through software emulation.
There will also be more PCs powered by Google's Chrome OS.
New ways to link household objects to the net has been a hardy perennial of recent CES shows.
A Twitter-equipped fridge from Samsung was one of last year's more extreme examples.
This time Kolibree's connected toothbrush - which provides feedback on cleaning habits via an app - may prove one of the most unusual launches. The firm says it will tell users if they brush long enough and whether they clean the hardest-to-reach parts of their teeth and gums.
Okidokeys will be the latest firm to offer a way to unlock your front door with a mobile phone, with the added twist that you can revoke someone else's access privileges remotely.
And to avoid the frustration of missed deliveries, DoorBot will show off a "video doorbell" that lets you see and speak to someone waiting on your doorstep via an app, letting you tell them where to leave the parcel when you're out.
Not tasty enough?
Then try the Smart Diet Scale - a Bluetooth-enabled kitchen gadget that weighs your food before you cook it, and sends the information to an app that calculates the calories, carbs and fat involved.
In 2012 there were two 3D printer-makers at CES.
This year the tech warrants its own zone and about 30 firms are showing off their wares.
New entrants include Singapore-based Pirate3DP and its Buccaneer printer, following a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign that raised over $1.4m (Â£870,000). The firm suggests its machine is less likely to jam than others when building up plastic objects layer by layer.
California's AIO Roboticsh will also show off an all-in-one machine that scans and then either prints or "faxes" copies of an object.
The industry's granddaddy, 3D Systems, says it will respond to these upstarts with three new model categories: edibles, ceramics and full-colour plastics.
Also watch out for Makerbot's Bre Pettis who is hosting a Press Day event on Monday ahead of the scrum of Tuesday's show floor openings.
"3D printing has been around for about 30 years, but a lot of the early developments were patent protected," says Duncan Wood, publisher of TCT Magazine who will be running sessions on the tech at CES.
"But over last three to four years those patents have started to expire and entrepreneurs are now able to build their own variations, helping cause a downward pressure on prices."
The major carmakers will be out in force despite the fact Detroit's high-profile motor show begins the following week.
To distinguish the two events, the auto firms are likely to focus on connected technologies rather than new models at CES.
Audi's chairman Rupert Stadler is giving one of the Keynote Addresses and will reveal a tie-up with Google, according to the Wall Street Journal. It says the two firms are developing an in-car entertainment and information system that runs on Android.
The German company's rivals General Motors and Honda may have more to say about their efforts to integrate Apple's rival iOS software.
Meanwhile BMW, Ford and Mercedes-Benz will offer demonstrations of their self-driving vehicles, while parts-maker Delphi will show off a Tesla model fitted with its autonomous car tech.
Yahoo is likely to be one of the other firms attracting attention this year.
Chief executive Marissa Mayer is delivering one of the Tech Titans presentations nearly one-and-a-half years after jumping ship from Google.
"I would be really interested to hear her innovation story," says Sef Tuma, managing director at consultancy Accenture's digital services division.
"The other players - Google, Amazon, Facebook - are playing in the cloud, in social, with mobile operating systems and devices. They are basically expanding the realms of their existing platforms.
"I'd really love to know what's Yahoo's goal. Are they trying to play in that arms race or will they start looking at a different strategy to be seen as relevant."
Video games firm Valve will also be closely watched. It has told IGN it intends to reveal who will be making Steam Machine consoles and what their specifications will be - potentially a make or break moment for its forthcoming Linux-based platform.
Boss Gabe Newell, however, is expected to be more vague about the prospects of Half Life 3 being a launch title.
Netflix's chief executive Reed Hastings is also in town. He is likely to be pressed on the rollout of 4K content.
Whatever happens at CES, the BBC will bring you news and insights from the event at bbc.co.uk/ces2014.
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A student has described coming to as a man was attacking her in a Cardiff park after a night out during freshers' week.

Khalid Alahmadi, 23, took advantage of the 19-year-old's "vulnerability and intoxication" on 24 September 2015, a jury heard.
She said she recalled becoming conscious while slumped against a tree as Mr Alahmadi was pressed against her.
He denies sexual assault and the trial at Newport Crown Court continues.
On Tuesday, the jury was told the alleged attack took place in Gorsedd Gardens in front of the national museum in Cardiff.
The student told the court she spent the night with friends at the Tiger Tiger nightclub.
She said she recalled meeting people and dancing, but because of the amount she had drunk, she had a limited recollection of what happened at the end of the night.
Prosecution barrister Matthew Cobbe told the jury Mr Alahmadi became aware of the woman's "vulnerability and intoxication and took advantage of that".
He said Mr Alahmadi intentionally touched the woman in a sexual way without consent and without believing she consented.
When interviewed by police, the woman said she had been "very drunk"  and "unable to hold myself up".
She said when she came to, she ran away and the man made no attempt to follow her.
When she arrived at a friend's house, she said what had happened and her friend contacted the police.


Candidates for the Democratic race for the White House have clashed on gun control and healthcare in their liveliest TV debate so far.

Hillary Clinton attacked Bernie Sanders' record on gun control, and said his healthcare plan risked derailing recent legislation.
Mr Sanders accused Mrs Clinton of being in the pocket of financial institutions responsible for the 2008 crisis.
While Mrs Clinton leads nationwide, Mr Sanders is a threat in key states.
Hours before the debate in South Carolina, Mr Sanders - a Vermont senator - had unveiled a healthcare plan for all American citizens.
This was the final Democratic debate before caucuses in Iowa on 1 February show who the state's voters prefer as their candidate.
Former Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley, who is trailing Mrs Clinton and Mr Sanders in polls, also took part in the lively debate in which personal attacks were few and far between.
Mr Sanders announced his universal healthcare plan two hours before the debate started.
Mrs Clinton said any moves to scrap the current Affordable Healthcare Act risked plunging the Democrats into "contentious debate". Instead, the party should work on improving the programme, known as Obamacare.
Mr Sanders responded: "Nobody is tearing this up." He said he wanted to build on Obamacare.
This was a spirited, substantive debate, much more heated than the last three Democratic debates but still more civil than anything we've seen on the Republican side.
Bernie Sanders was on the offensive, buoyed by his recent gains in the polls in Iowa and New Hampshire. Hillary Clinton still has a double-digit lead nationally and was declared the winner of the debate by the American media.
O'Malley was nowhere to be seen, but Clinton and Sanders worked hard to sharpen the differences between them, particularly on gun control and healthcare.
The Vermont senator is gaining momentum in the north but is struggling to connect with the African-American community and minorities.
Clinton v Sanders: Who came out on top?
Gun control was the first subject in the two-hour debate, that was held near a church in Charleston where nine parishioners were shot dead in June 2015.
Mrs Clinton released an advertisement this week attacking Mr Sanders for his attitude towards gun control. His home state, Vermont, has one of the highest rates of gun ownership in the US, with close to one in two households owning a weapon.
In the debate, she again highlighted legislation she said showed that Mr Sanders supported the gun lobby.
But Mr Sanders told the debate he had a "D minus voting record" from the National Rifle Association, and fully supported moves by President Obama for tougher background checks on gun buyers.
Mr O'Malley pointed out restrictions he passed against combat assault weapons in Maryland, adding: "I have never met a self-respecting deer hunter who needed an AR-15 [semi-automatic rifle] to down a deer."
Other subjects discussed included:
Polls indicate Mrs Clinton and Mr Sanders are neck-and-neck ahead of the caucus in Iowa, where voters will decide who they want as their preferred candidate. She had once commanded a large lead.
In New Hampshire, Mr Sanders holds a lead in polls ahead of voting in the primary there eight days later.


Former media baron Conrad Black has been fined $4.1m (£2.6m) and barred from becoming the director of a US company in a deal with regulators.

The settlement with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) relates to fraud charges.
Lord Black served three years in prison for fraud and obstruction of justice, and was released last year.
He is now expected to face court proceedings launched by Canada's main financial regulator.
The Ontario Securities Commission alleges that Lord Black, who is originally from Canada but gave up his citizenship in 2001, funnelled money from the publishing company he once controlled.
He once controlled Hollinger International, which published the Daily Telegraph and the Chicago Sun-Times.
In 2007 he was found guilty in the US of conspiring with other executives to siphon off millions of dollars from the sale of newspapers as they unwound Hollinger.
Some of those convictions were later overturned, and his sentence shortened to 42 months.
He moved back to his native Canada following his release from a Florida prison in May 2012.
Despite his convictions he remains a member of the UK's House of Lords, and has the title Lord Black of Crossharbour.


Fulham have appointed Slavisa Jokanovic as their new head coach.

The Championship side had been without a manager since sacking Kit Symons in early November.
Serb Jokanovic, 47, won promotion to the Premier League with Watford last season but left Vicarage Road after contract talks broke down.
He was appointed manager at Israeli side Maccabi Tel Aviv in June, leading them into the Champions League group stage for the first time.
His last game in charge was a 5-0 victory on Sunday, with Maccabi announcing Fulham had agreed to pay a £367,000 compensation fee.
Fulham chairman Shahid Khan said he had personally interviewed "many quality candidates for what we considered to be one of the best positions in football".
He added: "Slavisa's credentials and passion for the job rose to the top through every stage of this process, and we cannot wait to welcome him to Motspur Park and Craven Cottage."
Jokanovic, who spent two years as a player with Chelsea between 2000 and 2002, arrives at Fulham with the Londoners 18th in the Championship.
Their next match is on Tuesday, at home to fellow strugglers Rotherham, who are 21st.


We've all heard of the Stegosaurus, Triceratops and, of course, the Tyrannosaurus rex.

But what about the Chinese baby dragon?
Well, that's the name of a new dinosaur species discovered in China.
The fossil of the baby dinosaur was found more than 25 years ago, but it's only now that scientists have been able to tell what type of dinosaur it is.
It was found in a nest of dinosaur eggs, and has even been given a name - "Baby Louie" .
Palaeontologists - scientists who studies fossils - have called it Beibeilong sinensis, which translates to "Chinese baby dragon".
It's been described as a gigantic bird-like dinosaur, covered in feathers and with a beak, but no teeth.
It's the first ever dinosaur we've found that's like this.
One scientist said it would have looked quite a bit like Big Bird, from Sesame Street!
The fossil of the baby dinosaur is small, only about the size of a guinea pig.
But it would have grown into an adult weighing more than 1,000 kg. That's almost as much as a small car!
Their eggs are believed to have sat in nests larger than a monster truck tyre.
Researchers have found similar dinosaur eggs in China, South Korea, Mongolia and North America.
This might mean this kind of dinosaur would have been common around 100 million years ago.


A Christmas tradition that can be traced back to the story of Jesus's birth in Bethlehem is the exchange of gifts.

The Bible records that three wise men took him gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh.
Gold we all know, but where on earth does one find the other two in the present day?
The search for them led me to Wajir in north-eastern Kenya.
Half an hour's drive from the town there is a 20-acre (eight-hectare) plantation of myrrh trees and boswelia, the tree that produces frankincense.
Hareth Hassan has been tending the trees for 15 years since inheriting the plantation from his father.
"We treasure these trees because their resin has many medicinal uses," he says.
"We spray it in our homes to repel snakes and insects. Also when someone gets sick, we apply it on them, for example when you feel pain on the hand. And if you break a limb, before correcting it, we apply myrrh on the affected area."
Frankincense - locally it is chewed as gum, ground into powder and burnt as incense, used as a perfume and for a wide range of ailments; commercially it is used as an essential oil in perfume, cosmetic and flavour industries
Myrrh - Egyptians used it for embalming mummies, and in the Bible it is said to have been mixed with wine to be used as a painkiller for Jesus; locally used as an ink in Islamic schools, burned to repel insects and snakes, as a medicine; commercially used in perfumes, flavours and cosmetics (such as stomach remedies, mouthwashes and toothpaste)
Four collectors arrive carrying an axe and recycled plastic containers. They walk around the farm looking for resin that is ready for harvesting.
They also make shallow cuts on the tree trunks and branches to stimulate the production of myrrh resin.
Mr Hassan works closely with Ambia Osman, an officer from the Kenya Forests Service.
"These trees grow naturally and so it's important to conserve them," says Ms Osman, who says she teaches the collectors not to overtap the resins.
"But they don't make much because they sell it raw," she adds.
We drive back to Wajir town, a small but busy business centre. Ms Osman shows us several shops that stock myrrh, frankincense and other natural products.
In one of the shops, the trader brings us a sack containing brown lumps of myrrh. They look like dried fruit.
"A kilogram of myrrh goes for $8 (Â£5.40)," says the shopkeeper.
Sometimes it can sell for as little as $4.
"They would be making much more if we had a factory in Wajir to add value to the product," says Ms Osman.
One of the few factories that does process frankincense is in the capital, Nairobi.
A strong, sweet scent hits me as I walk into Lubanchem Limited in Nairobi's industrial area.
The factory is the brainchild of a pharmaceutical chemist Sadqa Haq.
"My father brought home some frankincense in 1997 and that's when I got the idea to set up a plant to extract it," she says.
Two of her employees spread pieces of raw frankincense on the floor and start sorting them.
"We do the sorting and put it into different grades of the gum."
She tells me that this consignment comes from Somalia.
The trees grow in arid and semi-arid areas of northern Kenya, Somalia and parts of Ethiopia.
They are also found in Oman and Yemen across the Red Sea in the Middle East.
"The frankincense trees mainly grow in areas with alkaline soil with a lot of limestone so there is very little other vegetation there. The harsher the conditions, the finer the oil that comes out of these plants," says Ms Haq.
The oil is extracted through a process of distillation. Once the gum has been sorted, it is boiled and the vapour - a mixture of water and oil, taken through a condensation compartment.
At that point the oil and water separate. The clear golden oil is then packaged for sale.
Ms Haq exports all her products to the US, Europe, Japan and Australia.
"The market in sub-Saharan Africa has been growing but not many people know about frankincense," she says.
She says most of her customers use the product to treat various ailments and its medicinal properties are being reseached in the US.
"It's being used to treat bleeding gums and bad breath... in meditation and aromatherapy it's used for its calming and cooling effect."
It's clear the three wise men of two millennia ago found the perfect gifts to give to a baby - frankincense and myrrh for the family's health and gold for wealth.
Gifts that would still be well received today.


The funeral has taken place in the Philippines of a teenager whose death sparked anger at President Rodrigo Duterte's anti-drugs campaign, which has led to thousands being killed.

Kian Delos Santos was shot by police who said he was involved in the drugs trade and had resisted arrest.
But surveillance footage appears to show the 17-year-old being dragged away by plainclothes officers.
Evidence suggests he was kneeling, faced down, when he was killed.
Hundreds of mourners attended his funeral in the capital, Manila.
Some held placards calling for an end to President Duterte's violent campaign.
The drive has been supported by many who are fed up with drug-related crime in the Philippines.
Nuns, priests and hundreds of children chanting "justice for Kian, justice for all" joined the cortege from a church to the cemetery where the boy was buried, Reuters news agency reports.
His father, Saldy, had spoken briefly during the Mass to insist on his son's innocence and vent his anger at the police.
"Don't they have a heart?" he asked, his voice cracking with emotion. "I'm not sure they do. There's a lot of churches, they should go there."
Father Robert Reyes was one of several Catholic priests who celebrated the Mass.
"Kian is the name and face of the truth," he was quoted as saying by AFP news agency. "We must not allow the truth to die with Kian's murder".
The boy's parents and lawyers filed a murder complaint against three drug squad police officers on Friday.
Human rights groups have accused Philippine police of planning extrajudicial killings and in some cases profiting from them.
Police have maintained that the suspects are killed when they offer armed resistance to police, a claim that has been highly disputed.
Mr Duterte suspended the campaign in January promising to "clean up" the police, and re-organise the anti-drug units. The campaign resumed in March.


Johnson & Johnson has been ordered to pay $417m (Â£323.4m)  to a woman who says she developed ovarian cancer after using products such as baby powder.

The California jury's decision marks the largest award yet in a string of lawsuits that claim the firm did not adequately warn about cancer risks from talc-based products.
A spokeswoman for Johnson & Johnson defended the products' safety.
The firm plans to appeal, as it has in previous cases.
"We will appeal today's verdict because we are guided by the science," Carol Goodrich, spokesperson for Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc, said in a statement.
The evidence around any link between talc use and cancer is inconclusive.
Johnson & Johnson, headquartered in New Jersey, faces thousands of claims from women who say they developed cancer due to using the firm's products to address concerns about vaginal odour and moisture.
Johnson & Johnson has lost four of five previous cases tried before juries in Missouri, which have led to more than $300m in penalties.
The California lawsuit was brought by Eva Echeverria, a 63-year-old woman who said she started using baby powder when she was 11 years old. She was diagnosed with ovarian cancer 10 years ago; the diagnosis is terminal, according to lawyers working on the case.
The lawsuit alleged that the company was aware of cancer risk associated with talcum powder, but concealed that information from the public.
The verdict included $70m in compensatory damages and $347m in punitive damages.
Analysis: James Gallagher, health editor, BBC news website
Is talc safe?
There have been concerns for years that using talcum powder, particularly on the genitals, may increase the risk of ovarian cancer.
But the evidence is not conclusive. The International Agency for Research on Cancer classifies talc used on the genitals as "possibly carcinogenic" because of the mixed evidence.
Why is there any debate?
The mineral talc in its natural form does contain asbestos and does cause cancer, however, asbestos-free talc has been used in baby powder and other cosmetics since the 1970s. But the studies on asbestos-free talc give contradictory results.
It has been linked to a cancer risk in some studies, but there are concerns that the research may be biased as they often rely on people remembering how much talc they used years ago. Other studies have argued there is no link at all and there is no link between talc in contraceptives such as diaphragms and condoms (which would be close to the ovaries) and cancer.
Also there does not seem to be a "dose-response" for talc, unlike with known carcinogens like tobacco where the more you smoke, the greater the risk of lung cancer.
The charity Ovacome says there is no definitive evidence and that the worst-case scenario is that using talc increases the risk of cancer by a third.
But it adds: "Ovarian cancer is a rare disease, and increasing a small risk by a third still gives a small risk. So even if talc does increase the risk slightly, very few women who use talc will ever get ovarian cancer."


Canadian star Drake has notched up a 13th consecutive week at number one with his single One Dance.

The song has now had the longest reign at the top of the charts since Wet Wet Wet's Love Is All Around in 1994.
Only two songs have had a longer unbroken spell at the summit: Love Is All Around (15 weeks) and Bryan Adams' Everything I Do, I Do It For You (16).
Frankie Laine's I Believe also spent 18 weeks at number one in 1953, but his run was interrupted by two other songs.
Drake's minimalist R&B track has dominated the charts since its release in April.
However, its success is primarily down to streaming. The song is only number 11 in this week's sales chart - with millions of streams pushing it to number one in the official Top 40, which combines sales and on-demand music.
Summery house track This Girl, by Kungs vs Cookin' on Three Burners, is the best-selling single of the week, but only manages to make number two in the singles chart.
In the album chart, US pop-punk band Blink-182 score their first ever number one with California.
The band's seventh album, it is also the first to feature vocalist Matt Skiba, who replaced founding member Tom Delonge.
"We're so excited and thankful," said the band. "This is the first time we have ever got a number one, and we are super thankful to all of you for supporting us."
The record sold 24,000 copies to top the chart, pushing Adele's 25 into second place.
There were new entries for Bat For Lashes' concept album The Bride - about a woman whose fiance dies on his way to their wedding - at number nine, while dance band Metronomy debut at 20 with their throwback album Summer '08.
Meanwhile, US singer-songwriter Carole King sees her 1971 album Tapestry re-enter the chart at 32.
The star performed the album in full at London's Hyde Park last Sunday, marking her first UK show since 1989.
The album's reappearance means it has been in the UK charts for a total of 182 weeks.
Despite the album's status as a timeless classic, that is by no means the longest-lasting record in this week's countdown. David Bowie's greatest hits collection racks up its 323rd week in the chart, followed by ELO's All Over The World (314 weeks) and Adele's 21 (285).
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UKIP deputy leader Paul Nuttall has ruled himself out of the race to replace Nigel Farage as party leader.

Mr Nuttall, who was viewed as one of the favourites to succeed Mr Farage, said he had achieved his objective of getting the UK out of the EU.
The North West England MEP also said he would resign as deputy leader at the party's next national conference.
He would keep his European Parliament seat to "hold the government's feet to the fire" during Brexit talks, he said.
The UKIP leadership contest was triggered last week when Nigel Farage announced he was standing down.
He said his "political ambition has been achieved" in the wake of the EU exit vote, and he wanted his "life back".
Mr Nuttall had been backed by Neil Hamilton, UKIP group leader in the Welsh Assembly, as being "streets ahead" of anyone else in the contest.
Speaking at the party's North West conference in Liverpool, Mr Nuttall said: "I have been at the forefront of the campaign to leave the European Union for a decade now, and I believe I can step aside with my objective achieved and my head held high."
He added: "I will however remain leader of the UKIP delegation of MEPs in the European Parliament so that I can continue to hold the government's feet to the fire during the Brexit negotiations."
Mr Nuttall, who has also served as UKIP's chairman, was elected to the European Parliament in 2009.


An East Lothian couple who, tired of the Big Six energy providers, set up their own gas and electricity company have begun signing up customers.

The People's Energy promises to return profits to its customers in a more transparent, ethical way of working.
However, energy analysts warn it is a difficult market and other small suppliers have failed in the past.
David Pike and Karin Sode, from Gullane, said the firm would give 75% of profits back to customers.
One year on after being set up with support from crowdfunding, the People's Energy Company has received its licence from Ofgem.
It can start registering customers now to supply gas and electricity across Britain from August.
One energy analyst has warned there are risks especially when wholesale energy prices rise.
Mr Sode, said: "The vision for People's Energy is to have over one million customers, all of whom are in control of their gas and electricity and getting a percentage of the company's profits back.
"Our company is about putting trust back into the market, currently there is very little. We want our customers to know that we have their best interests at heart and that with us they will have a say in how the company is run."
Mrs Sode said: "Energy comes from natural resources that should belong to us all, not private entities. We are absolutely passionate about returning ownership of this natural resource to consumers."
To date the duo has raised over Â£450,000 on Crowdfunder from the pledges of 2,000 supporters. People's Energy will start providing energy from the beginning of August.
David Hunter, Schneider Electric director of market studies, said: "When the wholesale markets are volatile particularly when they start to rise after a period of decreases then there have been cases of independent suppliers like GB Energy supply going to the wall and that ultimately means you need to find a new supplier.
"So you should be aware of the risks, especially if your talking about getting free shares in the company."


The complete photographic works by Victorian pioneer William Henry Fox Talbot is to be made available online.

The thousands of negatives and prints are being taken from Bodleian's Talbot archive and other collections.
It is hoped academics and members of the public will help to identify unknown people and buildings in the photographs.
The website is due to go live later this year.
It will include some of the first photographs of Oxford and material from Fox Talbot's The Pencil of Nature, the first book illustrated with photographs.
Project leader Prof Larry J. Schaaf, from Bodleian Libraries, has spent 40 years researching the Victorian inventor.
Prof Schaaf said putting the material online would "help unlock the enormous artistic, documentary and technical information embodied in these images".
The Bodleian spent two years raising Â£2.1m needed to buy the private collection of letters, diaries and photographs which it acquired in October.
Born in Melbury Abbas, Dorset, in 1800, Fox Talbot established the three primary elements of the photographic process: developing, fixing, and printing using paper coated with silver iodide.
He created the first photographic negative in 1835, taken from a window at his home in Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire.
During his career he created more than 4,500 images - about 25,000 of his original negatives and prints are thought to still exist.


Scotland could not have got their World Cup qualifying campaign off to a better start as they hammered Malta 5-1 in Attard.

Robert Snodgrass scored a hat-trick, with Chris Martin and Steven Fletcher scoring Scotland's other goals.
Malta had cancelled out Snodgrass's early opener through Alfred Effiong, but the Scots improved in the second half and their hosts lost their discipline to end the game with nine men.
With Scotland sitting at the top of Group F after the opening fixtures, former Scotland defender Willie Miller give his marks out of 10 for Gordon Strachan's side.
Hull City's new signing was a bit of a spectator. He had no chance for Malta's goal and had one good save from point-blank range, but the boy was ruled offside anyway.
The Hearts 21-year-old was making his first competitive start for Scotland and, for someone of that inexperience and youthfulness, he did well, getting forward and linking well.
The Hull lad was the best of Scotland's defenders. He got himself into forward positions and had a good chance in the first half, when the goalkeeper was out quite sharp to block his shot.
Both of Scotland's central defenders looked rusty, having not played much for their clubs. Martin lost the centre forward for Malta's goal, when the striker played on his shoulder and got in behind him. The Norwich City man will know he should have done better.
There was an awful lot of barging and clumsy challenges from Newcastle United's summer signing. He got himself dragged out of position and put in the kind heavy challenges that you don't want to give away at international level.
The new Scotland captain was not their most prominent midfielder, but the West Brom man showed a calm head when it was required and linked up well with Barry Bannan.
The Sheffield Wednesday man was the better of the two sitting midfielders. He showed composure and good use of the ball.
You have to give the Hull midfielder top marks considering he has come back from a career-threatening injury, scored three goals and, although he missed one other glorious chance, showed fabulous work-rate, good use of the ball and got into good positions, all while being was asked to play in two positions - wide in the first half and central in the second.
It was the best performance in a Scotland jersey from Newcastle United's summer signing. The quality of his delivery from wide areas and set-pieces was excellent and he was influential in Scotland's victory.
Leipzig's £13m signing showed a lot of promise in his competitive debut for Scotland. He is the type of player that defenders will not like to play against. Every touch was positive and, although it was a bit heavy at times, he was a threat. However, he still has a bit to go before being the finished article.
Fulham's summer signing would have got less than 7 if he had not scored. He was a surprise starter up front and was anonymous in the first half. Although he won the penalty for the third goal, there was no touch on him from the defender. However, you have to say that he made an impact by scoring the second goal.
The Celtic winger did not have enough time to make much of an impression.
Sheffield Wednesday's summer signing was perhaps a surprise omission and scored Scotland's fourth goal with a powerful header, but he also missed a sitter, hitting the bar after rounding the goalkeeper, with Snodgrass completing his hat-trick from the rebound.
Derby County's new signing did not have enough time on the pitch to make an impact.


A man from Anglesey who has been travelling across Europe has been reported missing in Spain.

Thomas Llyr Parry, 36, of Holyhead, has not contacted his family since 8 February.
The grey van he was travelling in was found on Tuesday along with some of his belongings in the Bolonia area of Andalucia.
North Wales Police said it was liaising with the Spanish authorities.
Mr Parry left the country at the end of January and is believed to have travelled to France, Portugal and Gibraltar before going to Spain.
He is described as being between 5ft 8in and 5ft 10in tall, of stocky build, with short straight brown hair.


Cardiff City have signed Reading defender Sean Morrison after he completed a medical on Thursday.

Morrison had told manager Nigel Adkins he wanted speak to Cardiff despite signing a contract extension in 2013.
The 23-year-old's signing comes after the Bluebirds sold Steven Caulker to QPR and after defender Ben Turner sustained an ankle injury in July.
Cardiff also completed the signing of winger Anthony Pilkington from Norwich City for £1m on Friday.
City manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is trying to buy another centre-back to increase his options, with defender Juan Cala sidelined through suspension.
The Norwegian manager also refused to rule out a deal for former Bluebirds defender Danny Gabbidon, who has 49 caps for Wales.
Morrison joined the Royals from Swindon in 2011 and spent two spells on loan at Huddersfield Town before establishing himself in the Reading first-team.
He started in both of Reading's games this season, including scoring in a 2-2 draw with Wigan.
Solskjaer hopes to have Morrison available for Cardiff's fixture against Huddersfield Town on Saturday, who are without a manager following their 4-0 defeat by AFC Bournemouth on the opening weekend.


A woman who lost three members of her family in the 1993 Shankill Road bomb atrocity in Belfast has failed in a legal bid to challenge the government's On the Runs scheme.

The challenge was brought by Elizabeth Morrison.
Her son Michael, his partner Evelyn Baird and their child Michelle were among 10 people killed in the IRA attack.
A judge has refused permission for a judicial review of the scheme.
It resulted in more than 180 republican paramilitary suspects being sent letters assuring them they were not wanted by police and would not be arrested.
The judge said he was dismissing the legal action because the government had stated publicly that the letters did not mean those who received them could not be prosecuted, and that the scheme is now abolished.
During the hearing, a lawyer for the PSNI told the court there was no evidence to support a claim that a Shankill bomb suspect had received one of the letters.
Mrs Morrison's legal challenge centred on a press report that one of the bomb suspects who fled across the Irish border was among nearly 200 republicans in receipt of a secret letter stating he was not wanted by police.
The On the Runs scheme provoked outrage after County Donegal man John Downey's trial on charges linked to the 1982 London Hyde Park bombing collapsed in February 2014.
He had been mistakenly sent a government letter saying he was not wanted for questioning by police.
The full scale of the administrative scheme involving other republican paramilitary suspects then emerged.
Police were said to believe 95 of those people who received letters could be linked to nearly 300 murders.


Northern Ireland's first match at the Euros has ended in defeat as Poland beat them 1-0.

13 June 2016 Last updated at 09:24 BST
The winning goal came from Arkadiusz Milik, who scored early in the second half.
The next group stage match for Northern Ireland will be against Ukraine, who they'll play on Thursday.
Newsround caught up with fans to hear their reactions.


The number of young people in the UK using libraries has increased over the last five years, according to new research.

A comprehensive study by the Carnegie UK Trust looked at the habits of 10,000 people across the country.
People aged 15-24 in England were the most likely age group to use libraries.
But the data didn't show what they were using them for - so it could be for the computers and free internet.
The results suggested that around half of the population of the UK and Ireland continue to use libraries.
Nearly half (46%) of people aged 25 to 34 still visit them according to the study - a rise of 2%.
However, overall library use in England declined by 4% over five years with the public using libraries less frequently.
There was also a drop in the number of older people using libraries.
The study involved 5,000 interviews which took place in 2011, and a further 5,000 interviews last year.
Researchers then compared the two sets of data, which was broken down by region.
The highest levels of library use were in Scotland and Ireland, with the lowest in Northern Ireland.
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Three people have appeared in court charged with murdering a woman at a house in Leicester.

The dead woman, who has not been named but is believed to be in her 50s, was found at a house in Holmfield Avenue on Saturday.
Mohammed Member, 25, Shafiq Member, 29, and Fatima Patel, 27, all of Holmfield Avenue, were remanded in custody ahead of a crown court appearance.
Formal identification of the dead woman has yet to take place.
Updates on this story and more from Leicestershire


Former Scottish FA compliance officer Vincent Lunny believes tougher sanctions need to be considered to deter players from gambling.

Lunny spent three years at the governing body and left "feeling [gambling] is endemic in the game".
He also insists that more education is required, to warn of the dangers of becoming involved with gambling.
"If you don't stop it, then in three years we could be looking at matches being manipulated," Lunny warned.
"I would be concerned if it got any worse. It needs to be addressed strongly, to educate players that gambling on football is unacceptable.
"It [gambling] is far removed from match integrity and match fixing. But the danger always is that if you start with gambling, the direction of travel and the risk is towards match integrity being compromised.
"There has to be a debate on whether or not the sanctions need to be stronger, to create a greater deterrent, because at the moment they are not deterring players from gambling."
Lunny was speaking after Annan Athletic chairman Henry McClelland and Inverness CT midfielder Lewis Horner were charged with breaching SFA gambling rules.
Despite visits by the SFA and PFA Scotland to all Scottish Professional Football League clubs, Lunny remains concerned that players are not paying full attention to the strict nature of the rules, which prohibit gambling on any football matches anywhere in the world.
The zero tolerance approach is, he believes, the only way to try to combat the problem.
"It's a difficult rule to police, but to protect the game and the players, it has to be enforced," Lunny said.
"It could not be clearer, but perhaps we need greater education within the game. The impression I had was that the players didn't feel that they were doing anything wrong, that this was part of the game and a bit of fun. The message isn't getting through to those in the game who are subject to the rules.
"But the danger is that once you start with the fun element, you're involved in the game that you're betting on and you don't win, and you've bet against your team winning, and that becomes public then the reaction from the fans will be negative, your job is at risk."
Former Inverness Caledonian Thistle attacker Barry Wilson believes there should be "an amnesty" for players regarding historical bets.
Wilson admits that betting was commonplace in dressing rooms in 2011-12 - when some of the bets placed by McClelland and Horner took place.
"In those days it wasn't widely known that you weren't allowed to do it," Wilson said.
"I bet frequently and others likewise, probably more than 50% of the players in most of the teams I played for had bets. I'm sure nothing has changed that much.
"It could be huge. You could have a lot of really scared players. For me, the best thing to do to clear it up would probably be to have an amnesty, just clear it up and move on.
"Let players come forward and admit that they've placed bets. From that point onwards they know what they're going to get into if they continue to bet.
"I [bet against my own team] once. I wasn't playing. I was continually dropped and I made one bet against my team. I wasn't proud of it then as soon as I placed the bet I regretted it."


The Crown Office has agreed to review its decision not to prosecute the driver of a Range Rover who knocked down and killed two students.

Mhairi Convy and Laura Stewart were killed when William Payne apparently lost control of the car in Glasgow.
He had been charged with causing death by driving while uninsured but it was later dropped.
A fatal accident inquiry last year heard that he had had six blackouts in the three years before the accident.
The fatal crash took place in December 2010.
Ms Convy, of Lennoxtown, East Dunbartonshire, and Ms Stewart, of Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire, were accounts students at the former Central College of Commerce.


Two goldfish have been given a flaming Viking burial boat send off by Orkney primary schoolchildren.

Primary 3 and 4 pupils at Papdale School in Kirkwall gave Bubbles and Freddy a traditional Norse ceremony to start their journey to Valhalla.
The fish become class pets for Christmas but both died recently.
The children, who had been studying the Vikings, wrote down their memories of the fish and read them aloud before the boat set sail.
The school blog revealed they "decided to send our fish to Valhalla with a Viking style burial in a longship we made that day".
The blog added: "While we will miss Freddy and Bubbles, we certainly enjoyed giving them a good send off to Valhalla."