Apology but no new criminal case over 1976 shooting of girl in North

NO NEW criminal proceedings are expected to be taken against the British soldier who shot dead a young girl in south Armagh in 1976 despite a British government apology yesterday, and its acceptance that his court testimony was “unlikely”.

Majella O’Hare (12), from Whitecross, died after she was shot in the back by a parachute regiment soldier after she passed an army checkpoint on her way to confession on August 14th that year.

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