The two paratroopers charged with murder of IRA commander have been haunted by it for half a century
49 years later, the two soldiers from 1st Battalion Parachute Regiment walked out of court as free and innocent men
4 May 2021 • 2:24pm
Joe McCann during a gun battle for Inglis Bakery in Eliza Street in The Markets area of Belfast in 1972
Credit: Ciaran Donnelly
It was an incident - bloody and brutal - that would last for seconds but haunt them for almost half a century.
Two soldiers - young back then but elderly now - had been involved in the shooting of ‘Big’ Joe McCann, an IRA commander, who at the time of his death was one of the most dangerous terrorists in the province.
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4 May 2021 • 6:04pm
It was an incident - bloody and brutal - that would last for seconds but haunt them for almost half a century.
Two soldiers - young back then but elderly now - had been involved in the shooting of Big Joe McCann, an IRA commander, who at the time of his death on April 15, 1972 was one of the most dangerous terrorists in the province.