Family of man shot by soldiers in 1978 hope for answers as inquest opens Patrick Duffy was shot dead at a house in Londonderry in 1978 (family handout/PA) Jonathan McCambridge, PA 21 April, 2023 14:13 The inquest is taking place at Londonderry Courthouse (Brian Lawless/PA) The family of a man shot dead by soldiers in…
Fresh ‘shoot-to-kill’ inquest to open in Derry Father-of-six, Patrick Duffy was shot dead by undercover British soldiers. Seamus McKinney 20 April, 2023 11:27 A fresh inquest into the 1978 death of a man who is alleged to be the first ‘shoot-to-kill’ victim of the Troubles is expected to open in Derry on Friday. Leading human…
‘The torture’s real. The time I did was real’: the Belfast man waterboarded by the British army Liam Holden went to prison for 17 years on the basis of a confession he made after being tortured by British soldiers in 1972. Now the government is making it harder for people like him to get justice…
JOINT PRESS RELEASE HARTE COYLE COLLINS SOLICITORS & ADVOCATES & RELATIVES FOR JUSTICE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR NORTHERN IRELAND GRANTS FRESH INQUEST INTO THE DEATH OF THOMAS BURNS SHOT BY BRITISH ARMY ON 13th JULY 1972 IN BELFAST ISSUED 31ST MARCH 2023 On the 30th March 2023 the Attorney General for Northern Ireland directed a fresh…
‘Considerable work’ needed before inquest resumes into teenager’s shooting death Laganside Court in Belfast (Liam McBurney/PA) — © Liam McBurney By Rebecca Black, PAPA Media Yesterday at 16:10 – 28th March 2023 There is a “considerable” amount of work to be done ahead of the resumption of an inquest into the death of a teenager who was…
Waterboarded by the British army
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/24/liam-holden-waterboarded-tortured-british-army-belfast-high-court-rules
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/allison-morris/liam-holdens-legacy-lives-on-in-his-story-and-fight-to-clear-his-name/1331977209.html
See below link to video of our client Liam Holden describing water torture carried out by members of the Parachute Regiment at Blackmountain Barracks in Belfast after arrest on 16th October 1972 – tap the link to access the video. Video taken in 2013, one year after the wrongful convictions were quashed by the Court…
Neutral Citation No: Judgment: approved by the court for handing down (subject to editorial corrections)* Ref: ROO12109 ICOS No: Delivered: 24/03/2023 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE IN NORTHERN IRELAND ___________ KING’S BENCH DIVISION ___________ Between: WILLIAM (LIAM) HOLDEN Plaintiff: and MINISTRY OF DEFENCE First…