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Breaking: Kathleen Thompson inquest findings referred to Public Prosecution Service.

The inquest findings on Kathleen Thompson have been referred to the Public Prosecution Service. Mrs Thompson was killed by a bullet to the chest, fired by Soldier D, who fired two bullets into the garden of her Rathlin Gardens, in Creggan, on ...

05 Oct 2022 at 16:33

Inquest findings into death of woman shot by soldier sent to prosecution service

Inquest findings into the death of a mother-of-six who was shot by a soldier in an “unjustified” killing in Derry in 1971 are to be referred to Northern Ireland’s prosecution service. Kathleen Thompson, 47, was killed by a bullet to the ...

05 Oct 2022 at 18:24

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Kathleen Thompson's family challenging British Government's Legacy Bill

A number of judicial review proceedings have been lodged in the High Court by Madden & Finucane Solicitors, in response to the passing into law, pending royal assent, of the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act ...

16 Sept 2023 at 10:33

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Kathleen Thompson's family fighting to learn name of soldier who killed her

Kathleen Thompson, was killed by a bullet to the chest, fired by Soldier D, who fired two bullets into the garden of her Rathlin Gardens home in Creggan. Kathleen died on November 6, 1971 and, on June 29, 2022, at her second ...

04 Aug 2023 at 13:33

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Kathleen Thompson remembered in Guildhall Vigil

In a fitting finale to the Thompson Family 'Thank You Vigil' in Derry's Guildhall, the assembled crowd held one minute's applause to celebrate what Pat Finucane Centre, Advocate, Sara Duddy, described as the family's ...

03 Jul 2022 at 23:33

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Who was Kathleen Thompson?

The Inquest into the death of Derry's Kathleen Thompson ruled this week that Soldier D was unjustified in firing the shots which killed the mother-of-six, in Derry. Kathleen's daughter, Minty Thompson, said her ...

01 Jul 2022 at 12:33

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Killing of Derry mother by British soldier 'not justified,' rules coroner

A coroner has ruled that the shooting of mother of six Kathleen Thompson in Derry over 50 years ago by a British soldier was 'not justified.' Judge Sandra Crawford was giving her judgement at the end of the ...

29 Jun 2022 at 15:33

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Unjustified firing of shots by soldier

The Inquest into the death of Derry's Kathleen Thompson has ruled a soldier was unjustified in firing the shots which killed the mother-of-six, in Derry, in November 1971. Family of Kathleen Thompson, shot ...

29 Jun 2022 at 15:33

Unarmed mother was shot by soldier in garden in ‘unjustified’ circumstances

A mother-of-six was shot dead by a soldier in her back garden in circumstances which were “unjustified”, a coroner has ruled. Kathleen Thompson, a 47-year-old housewife, was killed by a bullet to the ...

29 Jun 2022 at 15:34

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My mother was a 'totally innocent woman' - Minty Thompson

The daughter of a mother-of-six murdered in the back garden of her Derry home said her mother had been “vindicated” by the findings of the second inquest into her death. Kathleen Thompson's daughter,...

29 Jun 2022 at 18:33

Lawyer for family of mother shot dead by soldier hits out at legacy Bill

A lawyer for the family of a mother-of-six killed by a soldier in an “unjustified” shooting has hit out at the Government’s controversial Bill to address legacy issues. An inquest into the death of ...

29 Jun 2022 at 18:00

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