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By Kevin Sharkey
image captionKathleen Thompson, 47, was killed outside her home in Londonderry in 1971
A former soldier has told an inquest into the death of a woman in Londonderry in 1971 that he never heard a more senior officer giving an order to shoot first, ask questions later .
Kathleen Thompson, 47, was shot dead outside her home in Creggan in November 1971.
The former Royal Green Jackets Regiment sergeant was responding to evidence that a platoon commander had given the order. I never heard that anytime, he said.
A solicitor for the Thompson family said another soldier has told the inquest the order was given by Lt David Travers, now deceased.
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