The inquest into the shooting of a Londonderry mother-of-six almost 50 years ago heard there could be questions around the competence of a former soldier who may have fired the fatal shots to give evidence.
Kathleen Thompson (47) was killed in disputed circumstances outside her home in Creggan during an Army operation in 1971.
As the resumed inquest concluded for the week, Coroner Sandra Crawford was told witness KTM72, scheduled to give evidence next week, could have an underlying difficulty .
The inquest was told that the witness had been in a serious accident in 1974 and requests had been made for a neurological report to assess his competence.
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.
The inquest into the death of Kathleen Thompson, the Derry mother-of-six who was shot dead in November 1971 by the British Army, resumed today. The inquest orig.
A former Brigadier in the British Army today described as fanciful some of the claims made by another soldier in his evidence to the inquest into the shooting.
Patrick and Shauna McDonagh were killed when their car was driven the wrong way down the A40 dual carriageway near Acton in west London in February 2019, the hearing was told.