Joint Press Statement from Harte Coyle Collins and the Pat Finucane Centre Coroner refuses to list Patrick Duffy inquest due to MOD delays. A Coroner examining the death of Patrick Duffy, shot in the back and side 14 times by an undercover army unit on 24th November 1978 at 2 Maureen Avenue, Derry, has told…
PRESS RELEASE HARTE COYLE COLLINS SOLICITORS & ADVOCATES LEGACY INQUEST INTO THE DEATH OF PATRICK DUFFY ON 24TH NOVEMBER 1978 ISSUED 30th JUNE 2023 At an inquest hearing yesterday 29th June 2023 Coroner Mrs Bagnall J was told that the 4 soldiers present at the scene of the shooting in 2 Maureen Avenue, Derry on…
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…
PRESS RELEASE HARTE COYLE COLLINS SOLICITORS & ADVOCATES LEGACY INQUEST INTO THE DEATH OF PATRICK DUFFY ON 24TH NOVEMBER 1978 9th FEBRUARY 2023 At an inquest hearing today Coroner Mrs Bagnall J fixed the opening of an inquest into the fatal shooting of Patrick Duffy for the 19th to 21st April 2023 at Derry Court.…
PRESS RELEASE HARTE COYLE COLLINS SOLICITORS & ADVOCATES LEGACY INQUEST INTO THE DEATH OF PATRICK DUFFY ON 24TH NOVEMBER 1978 13th JANUARY 2023 At an inquest hearing yesterday into the fatal shooting of Patrick Duffy by an undercover army unit in Derry on the 24th of November 197 the Coroner Bagnall J directed that the…
MoD delaying inquest to benefit from ‘morally corrupt’ legacy laws, barrister says The MoD claims the hold-up in disclosing evidence is due to resourcing issues (PA) David Young, PA 14 December, 2022 18:16 The Ministry of Defence is delaying an inquest for a man shot dead by soldiers to benefit from “morally corrupt” laws that…
PRESS RELEASE HARTE COYLE COLLINS SOLICITORS & ADVOCATES INQUEST INTO THE DEATH OF MR PATRICK DUFFY ON 24TH NOVEMBER 1978 AT 2 MAUREEN AVENUE, DERRY ISSUED ON 28TH SEPTEMBER 2022 The Coroner presiding over the fresh inquest into the death of Mr Patrick Duffy on the 24th of November 1978 at Maureen Avenue, Derry has…
PRESS RELEASE HARTE COYLE COLLINS SOLICITORS & ADVOCATES LEGACY INQUEST INTO THE DEATH OF PATRICK DUFFY ON 24TH NOVEMBER 1978 FIXED FOR HEARING IN 2023 5th APRIL 2022 The Presiding Coroner in Belfast, Mr Justice Humphries confirmed on the 22nd of March 2022 that the fresh inquest into the shooting of Mr Patrick Duffy by…