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Coroner rules farmer killed by Army in 1974 'shot in cold blood'


A farmer killed by the Army in 1974 was an innocent man, shot in cold blood, without warning when he was no threat to anyone , a coroner has said.
Patrick McElhone (24) a farmer from Pomeroy in Co Tyrone, was shot in the back by Lance Corporal Roy Alun Jones of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Wales, in a field close to his family home.
Mr McElhone died instantly after the bullet penetrated his heart on August 7, 1974.
Mr Jones, who passed away in 2002, was charged with murder but acquitted and returned to duty.
The Ministry of Defence has since accepted Mr McElhone s death was unjustified. ....

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