Kathleen Thompson inquest: Former soldier does not remember the killing of Derry mother-of-six
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A former soldier said that he discussed the shooting of Kathleen Thompson with Soldier D in the 1990s 'once the persecutions of the soldiers started'.
The witness, identified as KTM 25, told the inquest today that he served alongside and was friendly with Soldier D, the man who believed he fired the shots that killed the Derry mother-of-six in November 1971.
The inquest was told by KTM 25 that he could not remember the incident when Mrs Thompson was shot in Creggan.
He agreed with Ian Skelt QC, counsel for the Coroner, that it was an 'unusual event' for a mother to be shot but he could not remember the incident.