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Share this article The son of one of the men who was murdered by the British Army in Ballymurphy in 1971 has said today’s inquest verdict has “corrected history.” This afternoon, High Court Justice Siobhan Keegan found that all nine men and one woman who were shot dead by British forces during the massacre in west Belfast were She said the British Army was responsible for nine of the killings during the event, known as the Ballymurphy Massacre. She also found a tenth man, Paddy McCarthy ...

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Ballymurphy Inquest findings must lead to justice for victims and families – O’Dowd 11th May 2021 - Fergus ODowd TD The findings of the Ballymurphy Inquest must now lead to justice for the victims and their families whose good names have been vindicated after 50 long years of struggle, Fine Gael Fergus O’Dowd has said. Deputy O’Dowd, Chairperson of the Good Friday Committee, said: “The findings published today by Coroner Mrs Justice Keegan confirmed that all 10 victims were...

SHARE Ten people killed in a 1971 British Army operation in Belfast were innocent, an inquest set up to examine one of the bloodiest days in Northern Ireland’s three decades of unrest found on Tuesday. The inquest, which began in November 2018, examined the deaths in the Ballymurphy area of west Belfast. Read More The shootings occurred during the era known as the Troubles, when armed troops patrolled streets of the British-ruled province riven by sectarian conflict. The victims included a Ca...

By Rebecca Black and David Young, PA Ten people killed in west Belfast 50 years ago were “entirely innocent”, a coroner has ruled. There was applause at Belfast Coroner’s Court as the findings were delivered following fresh inquests into the 10 deaths in Ballymurphy in August 1971, which included a mother-of-eight and a priest. Presiding Coroner Mrs Justice Keegan acknowledged it was a chaotic time but ruled that the use of force by soldiers had been “disproportionate” in the nine dea...

Rita Bonner, sister of a victim John Laverty, arrives at an inquest in Belfast, Northern Ireland, May 11, 2021. A coroner ruled that Laverty and nine other Catholics shot dead by British troops almost 50 years ago were "entirely innocent" and their deaths were unjustified. (CNS photo/Clodagh Kilcoyne, Reuters) DUBLIN (CNS) -- A coroner in Northern Ireland ruled that a priest and nine lay Catholics who were shot dead by British troops almost 50 years ago were “entirely innocent” and their de...

May 11, 2021 catholic news service Family members of victims of the 1971 Ballymurphy Massacre hold their pictures and a banner as they arrive at an inquest in Belfast, Northern Ireland, May 11, 2021. A coroner ruled that 10 Catholics shot dead by British troops almost 50 years ago were "entirely innocent" and their deaths were unjustified. (Credit: Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters via CNS.) A coroner in Northern Ireland ruled that a priest and nine lay Catholics who were shot dead by British troops alm...

A minute’s silence was held by members of Derry City and Strabane Council’s Business and Culture Committee to remember the 10 people shot and killed in Ballymurphy and all loved ones murdered by the British Army. The tribute was proposed by Committee Chair SDLP Councillor Rory Farrell, who read out the names of the 10 Ballymurphy victims. Cllr Farrell said: “Today the judge has declared the 10 people shot and killed by the Parachute Regiment in Belfast in August 1971 were entirely innocen...

Judge rules victims in 1971 Belfast shooting were innocent May 11, 2021 at 1:44 pm LONDON (AP) — A coroner in Northern Ireland ruled Tuesday that 10 civilians killed during military operations in west Belfast half a century ago were innocent victims, clearing them of suggestions that they were shot for attacking British soldiers. Family members, who had requested a new inquest to clear the names of their loved ones, applauded as High Court Justice Siobhan Keegan delivered ...

BBC/Expectation TV/Robert Viglasky On 14 May 2004, 24-year-old Lance Corporal Brian Wood was leading a patrol in a Warrior armoured vehicle near Al-Amarah in southern Iraq, when he got a call for help. A nearby unit of Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders had come under attack near a checkpoint called Danny Boy and, with two men wounded, called for reinforcements. Wood and his fellow soldiers from the Princess Of Wales’ Royal Regiment rushed to help the Argylls, jumping out of their vehicle whe...