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A second bullet, in his leg, killed him. “He wasn’t any threat to anyone. He was on the ground.” Their mother had spent the previous night comforting the mother of another of the victims, Noel Philips (19), who lived across the street. “Mrs Philips was broken-hearted, and my poor wee mummy didn’t realise that she was going to be exactly the same way within 24 hours,” says Rita. “The Ballymurphy community went through hell on earth. There’s not a family hasn’t got a story to tell, or hasn’t been affected in some shape or form. Most, if not all,...

Church prayers for Ballymurphy families as they prepare to hear the inquest findings Ballymurphy families at court this morning. Picture by Hugh Russell NICK PATTERSON PRAYERS will be said today for the families of 10 people killed in Ballymurphy over 36 hours immediately after the introduction of internment in August 1971, as they prepare to hear the inquest findings. Coroner Mrs Justice Keegan will publish her findings tomorrow - 30 months after the inquest opened into the deaths in November 2018. The court heard almost 100 days of evidence from more than 100 witnesses, ...

By David Burke. Kitson (right) was given numerous awards and served as aide de camp to Queen Elizabeth in the 1980s. The denial of justice for political gain. Next week will see the release of the long-awaited inquest report into the Ballymurphy massacre during which British soldiers killed a large number of unarmed civilians in Belfast. The atrocity took place after the introduction of internment in August of 1971. A documentary entitled ‘The Ballymurphy Precedent’ will be broadcast on Channel 4 on Wednesday 12 May. It contains detailed re-enactments of the actions of Kitson’s and Wilf...

Builders in Dunedin Bay Building Dunedin Limited is a locally owned and operated Company consisting of three key team members: John Laverty - Owner / Certified Builder & Licensed Building Practitioner Simon Clausen - Carpenter Shonagh Laverty – Office & Accounts Bay Building Dunedin Ltd was established in 2007 and over the following years we have completed a wide variety of contracts ranging from small repair jobs to large scale construction. There is no job too big or too small the team at Bay Building cannot manage. We pride ourselves on quality and perfection and offer a comp...

Premium Content Subscriber only Lending a helping hand was no good excuse for breaking the law, with a Maranoa feedlot worker copping the punishment for driving a co-worker home while on a lengthy licence suspension. Robert John Laverty, 24, was on a licence suspension until 2029 after previous drink driving convictions, when he still decided to drive his work mate home as she was scared of driving on a wet road, the Roma Magistrates Court heard on January 19. But the court heard police pulled Laverty up on Roma Southern Road at 3.40pm on October 21. "The defendant stated that the reason ...