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Ballymurphy Inquest told ten who died were "entirely innocent" Families applauded as relatives cleared of wrongdoing Relatives react to news the ten people who died at Ballymurphy were declared innocent today (Image: Charles McQuillan/Getty Images) Never miss a thing from Belfast and beyond - sign up for FREE newsletter direct to your inboxInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe ha...

  While Tuesday’s inquests’ verdicts were the public vindication the Ballymurphy families had hoped for, they should never have been necessary. “It should not have taken 50 years to have an inquest which asked questions that should have been asked back in 1971,” said Carmel Quinn. Her brother, John Laverty, was one of 10 people shot and fatally injured in this part of west Belfast in the violence which followed the introduction of internment on August 9th, 1971. The coroner ruled that all were “entirely innocent” and at least nine out of the 10 were killed by...

Ballymurphy Massacre inquest: 'It is a weight off my shoulders, it's been 50 years of serious hard grief and pain' The Connolly family after Coroner Mrs Siobhan Keegan attributed nine of the ten shootings in the Ballymurphy Massacre, including that of their mum, Joan, to the British Army. Picture by Liam McBurney/PA Wire 11 May, 2021 15:04 Edward (Eddie) Doherty (31) The son of one of the Ballymurphy Massacre victims says he felt a sense of relief after the coroner ruled the use of force in shooting his father Eddie Doherty was disproportionate. Patrick Doher...

Relatives of 10 people killed in west Belfast in shootings involving British soldiers 50 years ago have welcomed a ruling that their loved ones were “entirely innocent”. There were jubilant scenes outside Belfast Coroner’s Court as the families of those shot in Ballymurphy in August 1971 emerged to cheers from supporters. John Teggart, whose father Danny was among those killed, welcomed the “historic verdict”. “After 50 years they have finally had their names cleared,” he said. The daughter of Joseph Corr, another of those killed, said the inquest verdict had gone further than s...

By Gregor Young A mural on a wall in the Ballymurphy area of west Belfast where the shooting of 10 civilians took place in 1971 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 Catholic priest. Presiding Coroner Justice Keegan acknowledged it was a chaotic time but ruled that the use of force b...