§ Miss Devlinasked the Minister of State for Defence (1) whether the soldiers responsible for the shooting of John and Gerald Conway on 15th April 1972 have been disciplined; whether investigations by the police into this case have been completed, and if the details have been sent to the Department of Public Proescutions;
(2) whether the soldiers responsible for the shooting of Daniel Rooney on 29th September 1972 have been disciplined; whether police investigations into this case have been completed; and details been sent to the Department of Public Prosecutions.
§ Mr. Ian GilmourThe usual investigations by the civil authorities have not yet been completed.
§ Miss Devlinasked the Minister of State for Defence whether the soldiers responsible for the fatal shooting of Patrick McVeigh on 12th May 1972 have been disciplined; whether investigations into this case have been completed, and if details have been sent to the Department of Public Prosecutions.
§ Mr. Ian GilmourThe usual investigations by the civil authorities have been completed. The Director of Public Prosecutions has directed no prosecution on the evidence at present before him.
§ Miss Devlinasked the Minister of State for Defence whether investigations into the fatal shooting of Michael Hayes, on 30th September 1972 have been completed; whether he can now state which
360Wfrom individual areas. The committals for trial disposed of in 1972 from petty sessional divisions in Cardiganshire and Merionethshire are as follows:
of the Army statements issued after the incident was true; and whether this case has been referred to the Department of Public Prosecutions.
§ Mr. Ian GilmourThe usual investigations by the Civil Authorities have not yet been completed. Only one statement was released to the press by Headquarters Northern Ireland; it was subsequently amended on a point of detail.
§ Miss Devlinasked the Minister of State for Defence whether, in view of Army involvement in the deaths of Patrick McVeigh and Daniel Rooney both shot from passing cars, now known to be plain clothes patrols, he can now make a statement.
§ Mr. Ian GilmourI would refer the hon. Member to the reply by my right hon. and noble Friend to her Question on 20th October 1972.—[Vol. 843, c.145–6.]