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Statements of former paratroopers excluded from murder trial of ex-IRA man
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Lawyers for two retired paratroopers accused of murdering an IRA chief have today said the prosecution are trying to launder inadmissible statements the pair were forced to give in 1972 so they can be heard in court through the backdoor .
Mr Justice O Hara reserved his ruling on whether the statements can be admitted as evidence in the trial after he was told by a Crown lawyer that his determination would be pivotal to the prosecution case against soldiers A and C proceeding.
The judge also described as remarkable the fact the ex-soldiers had been prosecuted for 24-year-old Joe McCann s murder on the basis of a report by a police legacy unit, the Historical Enquiries Team (HET), and not as a result of a follow-up criminal investigation by the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI).
A judge has reserved his ruling on whether statements made by two former paratroopers accused of murdering an Official IRA leader in 1972 can be admitted as evidence in their trial.
Mr Justice O’Hara was told by a Crown lawyer on Thursday that his determination would be pivotal to the prosecution case against soldiers A and C proceeding.
During a discrete hearing on the admissibility issue, the judge also described as “remarkable” the fact the ex-soldiers had been prosecuted for Joe McCann’s murder on the basis of a report by a police legacy unit, the Historical Enquiries Team (HET), and not as a result of a follow-up criminal investigation by the Police Service of Northern Ireland.