Innocent man killed by British army, inquiry finds
A 21-YEAR-OLD man shot dead by the British army 40 years ago in Belfast was innocent, unarmed, had no paramilitary connections, no criminal convictions and posed no threat, a report by the North’s Historical Enquiries Team has found.
Billy McKavanagh, a Catholic, was shot dead by a soldier from the Royal Green Jackets in Catherine Street in the Markets area of Belfast in the early hours of August 11th, 1971, two days after the introduction of internment.