The BBC was criticised today for allowing the daughter of an Official IRA leader to refute claims that he murdered 15 soldiers during an interview on Radio 4.
Aíne McCann, 52, was three when her father Joe McCann was shot dead aged 24 in Belfast in 1972 in disputed circumstances, allegedly by a group of three soldiers.
At the time a police investigation failed to result in a prosecution, and nearly 50 years on the witch-hunt trial of two former soldiers collapsed yesterday.
But Ms McCann told BBC Radio 4 s Today programme this morning that her father had been defamed during the court case and faced ridiculous accusations .