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BRITISH Government plans for a blanket ban on all Troubles-era prosecutions represent an unprecedented attack on the rule of law, the Court of Appeal has heard.
Fresh inquest ordered into New Lodge Six killings in Belfast Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Antonio Olmos/The Observer The attorney general for Northern Ireland has ordered a new inquest into the deaths of six men allegedly shot by the British army in Belfast in 1973. Families of the men, known as the New Lodge Six, for the area where they died, have campaigned for an inquest for decades. They hope the coroner will be able to force the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) and the Ministry of Defence to submit documentation and...
BBC News By Julian O'Neill Published image captionJames McCann, 19, James Sloan, 19, Anthony Campbell, 19, Ambrose Hardy, 24, John Loughran, 34 and Brendan Maguire, 32 were all killed on 3 February 1973 The Attorney General for Northern Ireland has ordered a new inquest into the deaths of six men believed to have been killed by the army almost 50 years ago. It follows an application, to Brenda King, by relatives including some fresh evidence. None of the men were armed. The Attorney General's decision has been communicated to the court unit currently dealing with a five-year programme of trou...