Coroner to refer findings on 1992 shooting of four IRA members to DPP

Justice Michael Humphreys says he is obliged to send report of Northern Ireland SAS ambush A coroner who ruled that SAS soldiers were not justified in killing four IRA members in a 1992 ambush in Northern Ireland is to refer his findings to the director of public prosecutions.Justice Michael Humphreys’ decision is likely to reignite last week’s row in the House of Commons, when unionists and Conservative MPs said his ruling earlier this month concluding that the deaths were unwarranted was “rewriting the past”. Continue reading...

Coroner to refer findings on 1992 shooting of four IRA members to DPP

Justice Michael Humphreys says he is obliged to send report of Northern Ireland SAS ambush

A coroner who ruled that SAS soldiers were not justified in killing four IRA members in a 1992 ambush in Northern Ireland is to refer his findings to the director of public prosecutions.

Justice Michael Humphreys’ decision is likely to reignite last week’s row in the House of Commons, when unionists and Conservative MPs said his ruling earlier this month concluding that the deaths were unwarranted was “rewriting the past”. Continue reading...