Teenager ‘may have been shot dead by soldier in 1975’ A preliminary hearing was held in Belfast’s Laganside court A teenager shot outside a Belfast hospital over 40 years ago may have been killed by a soldier, a coroners’ court has heard. Patrick Crawford, 15, was hit while walking through the grounds of the Royal…
“A major review of inquests into some of the most controversial killings during the Troubles got under way on Monday. There are 56 cases involving 97 deaths. They include killings by police officers and soldiers, and others where there are allegations of state collusion. As the review got under way in Belfast, the time taken…
A BBC Spotlight programme broadcast on the 7th November 2015 highlighted the ongoing information war between the relatives of those shot by the military in Northern Ireland during the Troubles and the MOD. The family of Annette McGavigan, a 14 year old girl, shot dead by the military on the 6th of September 1971 at…
The Attorney General for Northern Ireland, Mr John Larkin Q.C., has granted a fresh inquest into the killing of 15 year old Patrick Crawford, who was shot in the grounds of the Royal Victoria Hospital on the 10th August 1975. The Attorney General granted the fresh inquest in late September 2015 after receiving a request…
The family of Patrick Duffy, who was shot up to 14 times by members of the British military in Derry in November 1978, have today lodged an application for a fresh inquest into the killing with the Attorney General for Northern Ireland. Patrick Duffy was 50 years old when he was shot when inside 2…
ITV3 will screen a documentary, “Executed”, at 9pm on Monday the 2nd November 2015 in relation to the miscarriage of justice case involving Liam Holden. Mr Holden was the last man to receive the death penalty in the UK in 1973 but protested his innocence from the time of his arrest on the 16th October…
The parents of Gary Moore, shot dead on a building site in Newtownabbey on the 6th December 2000, have today asked the Chief Constable to subject the DNA evidence found on two items, including a revolver believed to have been used in the murder, to fresh forensic analysis. Gary Moore, a Catholic father of two…
EUROPEAN COURT RULES THAT LEGAL SAFEGUARDS REGARDING COVERT SURVEILLANCE OF A DETAINEE’S CONSULTATION WITH HIS LAWYER WERE INSUFFICIENT In today’s Chamber Judgment the case of RE –v- United Kingdom the European Court of Human Rights held unanimously that there had been a violation of Article 8 (Right to Respect for Private and Family Life,…
The family of Thomas Burns, a Catholic ex serviceman shot dead by the British army on the 13th July 1972 at Glenpark Street, Belfast, have secured the release of a report completed by the HET into his death which was held by the PSNI from 2013. The death of Thomas Burns was investigated by the…
The family of Thomas Burns, shot dead by the British army on the 13th July 1972 at Glenpark Street, Belfast, have submitted an application for a fresh inquest to the Attorney General for Northern Ireland into the killing of the innocent civilian. Harte Coyle Collins, acting on behalf of the family, lodged an application yesterday…