The charge that the IRA men had opened fire “was demonstrably untrue and must have been known to be untrue”. One soldier, Soldier H, was hit in the face, but the judge decided that was from a ricocheted round fired by his own side. It will not bring terrorists to account; it will not heal division in Northern Ireland,” they said. The two IRA men were captured near to but not holding weapons, including a M50 Barrett sniper rifle, and a Russian-made AKM machine-gun. But do they accept that British soldiers should have faced prosecution for wrongful acts during the Troubles?

Source: The Irish Times February 07, 2026 14:16 UTC