Veterans’ trial in Belfast collapses after exclusion of statements about shooting of Joe McCann in 1972
Two former paratroopers accused of the murder of an Official IRA leader have been formally acquitted after prosecutors offered no further evidence at their trial.
The veterans’ trial at Belfast crown court collapsed after the Public Prosecution Service (PPS) confirmed it would not appeal against a decision by Mr Justice O’Hara to exclude statements given by the ex-soldiers about the shooting of Joe McCann in 1972.
