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Updated / Thursday, 21 Jan 2021 12:37 The hearing was held at Omagh Courthouse in Co Tyrone The shooting dead of a farmer by the British Army in Northern Ireland in 1974 was unjustified , a coroner has said. Paddy McElhone, 24, died near his home in Limehill, Pomeroy, Co Tyrone, after sustaining a wound through the back fired by a soldier from the First Battalion, the Royal Regiment of Wales. The inquest into Mr McElhone s death was the first in a series of coroners inquiries into deaths associated with the Troubles. It was held in Omagh Courthouse in Co Tyrone. Presiding coroner Judge Siobhan Keegan said: On any version of events the shooting was unjustified. ....
Paddy McElhone, 24, died near his home in Limehill, Pomeroy, Co Tyrone after he was shot in the back by a soldier from the First Battalion, the Royal Regiment of Wales. ....
Farmer shot in cold blood by Army ‘exonerated’ Updated: 21/01/2021, 4:08 pm Michael McElhone holds a photograph of his late brother Paddy (Brian Lawless/PA) A farmer shot dead in cold blood by the Army during the Northern Ireland conflict has been exonerated, his family said. Paddy McElhone, 24, died instantly near his home in Pomeroy, Co Tyrone, in 1974 after he was fired on by a soldier from the First Battalion, the Royal Regiment of Wales. A judge ruled the discharge of a single shot from behind through the heart was unjustified and against the military’s rule book on engagements. She said he was innocent and was not on any list associating him with the IRA. ....