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Discussion in 'General Chat' started by Mind The Duck, Dec 21, 2011.

  1. Mind The Duck

    Mind The Duck Well-Known Member

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    The solicitor for the family of a boy shot dead by a soldier almost 40 years ago has said they are "overwhelmed" by the findings of an inquest jury.
    On Friday the jurors unanimously found that 15-year-old Daniel Hegarty posed no risk when he was shot twice in Londonderry during Operation Motorman in July 1972.
    His cousin Christopher was also wounded.
    Des Doherty said prosecutions were now a "definite possibility".
    "The full rigour of the law has to be applied and it is now of course a matter for the coroner," the solicitor said.
    "This case was not about vengeance. It was about justice."
    The jury rejected claims that warnings had been shouted to the two teenagers before they were shot.
    The operation was aimed at reclaiming "no go areas" in the city from the IRA.
    Daniel, who was a labourer, was shot twice in the head by a soldier close to his home in Creggan. His cousin Christopher, 16, was shot in the head by the same soldier but survived.
    The jury found that none of the soldiers present attempted to "approach the injured youths to either search them or provide medical assistance".
    Mr Doherty said the record had now been "set straight".
    This is the second inquest into Daniel's death.
    The initial inquest was held in 1973 and recorded an open verdict. A second inquest was ordered by the Attorney General in 2009 following an examination by the Historical Enquiries Team.
    The report found that the RUC investigation at the time was "hopelessly inadequate and dreadful".
    The inquest opened on Monday and heard from Daniel's sister Margaret Brady. She described how her mother continued to set a place for him at the table and call him for dinner for months after his death.
    In 2007, the British government apologised to the Hegarty family after describing Daniel as a terrorist.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-16125077
     
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  2. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

    Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Well-Known Member

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    Dev was put in the line of fire after doing the deed

    The Dev on here is a UVF imposter
     
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  3. Mind The Duck

    Mind The Duck Well-Known Member

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    Not a bad shot for a cook
     
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  4. ManDingo 20"/20"

    ManDingo 20"/20" MDMA Guru

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    **** happens, especially in Northern Ireland.
     
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  5. DevAdvocate

    DevAdvocate Gigging bassist

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    I was still at school in Glasgow in 1972 so they can't pin this one on me.

    As I wasn't there I can't say whether or not the killing was justified nor will I speculate on it.

    As MD says, **** happens.
     
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  6. TC (Lovely Geezer)

    TC (Lovely Geezer) Well-Known Member

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    I think it should be forgotten about as part of the Northern Ireland Peace agreement like the 9 terrorist that were let out very early <cheers>
     
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  7. Girvan Loyal 1690

    Girvan Loyal 1690 Nobody's safe now

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    throw rocks at soldiers with guns = dead
     
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  8. DevAdvocate

    DevAdvocate Gigging bassist

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    And to answer the OP.

    No.
     
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  9. Jip Jaap Stam

    Jip Jaap Stam General Chat Moderator Staff Member

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    I'm glad you cleared that up Dev <laugh>
     
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  10. DevAdvocate

    DevAdvocate Gigging bassist

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    I thought it best just for the sake of clarity.
     
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    <laugh>
     
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  12. Barrie Lochrie

    Barrie Lochrie New Member

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    Well said
     
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  13. Ciaran

    Ciaran Going for 55

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    The oft remarked on British compassion at play I see.
     
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  14. Barrie Lochrie

    Barrie Lochrie New Member

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    Do you need a cuddle?
     
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  15. Jip Jaap Stam

    Jip Jaap Stam General Chat Moderator Staff Member

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    Clarity is good <ok>
     
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  16. Ciaran

    Ciaran Going for 55

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    Not at all. Dead 15 year old Paddy, **** happens. Two dead British kids in Warrington, more tears than a Geordie funeral.
     
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  17. DevAdvocate

    DevAdvocate Gigging bassist

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    <laugh>
     
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  18. Jip Jaap Stam

    Jip Jaap Stam General Chat Moderator Staff Member

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    British media more sympathetic towards British victims shocker <yikes>
     
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  19. Mind The Duck

    Mind The Duck Well-Known Member

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    The young boy WAS British
     
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  20. MrT

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    Agreed.

    It's natural selection at work. Survival of the fiitest. These ****s probably had some mental deficiency hence one died doing something stupid. The other probably died trying to heat his bathwater with an iron.
     
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