Civilians shot dead by the British army in Ballymurphy in 1971 in what came to be known as the Ballymurphy Massacre. Top row, from left, Joseph Corr, Danny Teggart, Eddie Doherty, Fr Hugh Mullan and Frank Quinn. Bottom row from left, Joan Connolly, John McKerr, Noel Phillips, John Laverty and Joseph Murphy The 10 victims of fatal shootings involving the British Army in the Ballymurphy Massacre 50 years ago "were entirely innocent of any wrongdoings on the day in question," Mrs Justice Siobhan Keegan has ruled. There was applause within the courtroom as she made that pronouncement. Coroner Mrs Siobhan Keegan attributed nine of the ten shootings to the British Army and said the use of lethal force by soldiers was not justified.