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A former soldier, who was on trial in belfast over a fatal shooting during the troubles, has died after contracting covid. dennis hutchings — who was 80 — had been charged with the attempted murder ofjohn pat cunningham in county tyrone in 197a. his lawyers had tried to have the case against him thrown out because of his poor health. 0ur ireland correspondent chris page gave us this update. the prosecution of dennis hutchings has been a high—profile and controversial case here. given the ongoing debate over how killings from the troubles should be investigated. dennis hutchings was 80 ye...
Dennis hutchings was displayed —— deployed on the streets of belfast as a young soldier, he returned here to appear as a defendant in court. the trial�*s been extremely controversial in northern ireland, where the issue of prosecuting former soldiers for their actions during the troubles deeply divides communities. i mean, basically it came out of the blue after 40 yea rs. half the police force of devon and cornwall and some of them from here, belfast, came and arrested me. dennis hutchings always denied the charge of attempted murder in relation to the killing ofjohn pat cunningham, who...
He was from cornwall, former member of the lifeguards regiment, and he was charged with attempted murder over the killing ofjohn pat cunningham in county tyrone in 1974. john pat cunningham was 27, he had learning difficulties, and he was shot in the back as he was running away from an army patrol. mr hutchings had been on trial in belfast crown court for the last couple of weeks, he had been suffering from chronic kidney disease and heart failure. yesterday the trial was adjourned because the court heard that dennis hutchings had tested positive for covid—19, and he died in a hospital here ...