Closing submissions on behalf of the Next of Kin of Master Patrick Crawford who was shot in the grounds of the Royal Victoria Hospital on 10th August 1975 were lodged with the Coroner today. The inquest which opened in 2023 completed this year in Armagh, Antrim and Laganside Courts hearing evidence from civilian witnesses, former…
The legacy inquest into the fatal shooting of Master Patrick Crawford in the grounds of the RVH resumes next Monday 11th March 2024 at Armagh Courthouse. The inquest will hear evidence for up to 2 weeks. Patrick Crawford was killed by one gunshot at the age of 15. The next of kin believe that Patrick…
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 ON BEHALF OF FAMILY OF JOHN JAMES IRELAND ON INQUEST FINDINGS ISSUED 24TH NOVEMBER 2023 HARTE COYLE COLLINS, SOLICITORS & ADVOCATES The family of John James Ireland who was killed in a road traffic collision on the Monagh Road on the 13th of September 2014 at 6.45pm welcomed the findings of the Coroner…
PRESS RELEASE INQUEST INTO THE DEATH OF MASTER PATRICK CRAWFORD (15) KILLED ON 10TH AUGUST 1975 AT RVH INQUEST FIXED HEARING FOR 11TH MARCH 2024 CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS/PROSECUTIONS/INQUESTS & LITIGATION RE DEATHS OF CHILDREN IN NORTHERN IRELAND IN EARLY 1970S ISSUED BY HARTE COYLE COLLINS, SOLICITORS & ADVOCATES 29TH SEPTEMBER 2023 The inquest into the death…
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…
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…
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.…
