Lawyer for family of mother shot dead by soldier hits out at legacy Bill
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Kathleen Thompson inquest: Ex-soldier recalled to give evidence
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A coroner examining the death of a woman who was shot in Londonderry in 1971 is considering requests from a number of former soldiers to be excused from giving evidence on medical grounds.
Kathleen Thompson, 47, was shot dead in the back garden of her home during an Army search operation at a neighbour’s house in the Creggan area.
A fresh inquest into the death of the mother of six started in 2018.
It heard in 2019 that there were as many as 350 potential soldier witnesses.
The proceedings are one of a number of inquests ordered into deaths from Northern Ireland’s troubled past which are being heard.