HC Deb 08 March 1976 vol 907 c53W
Mr. McCusker

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement about the IRA road block which was set up at Killeen on the main Belfast-Dublin road on Saturday 21st February and which resulted in an innocent civilian being killed.

Mr. Merlyn Rees

On the evening of 21st February 1976 Mrs. Marjorie Lockington and her husband and son were driving north on the main Dublin to Belfast road. At Killeen they came upon a cattle lorry partially blocking the road. The lorry had been stopped by a gang of armed men a few minutes earlier. As the car drove around the obstacle about 20 shots were fired. Two shots hit Mrs. Lockington in the back and she died after being admitted to hospital in Newry. Her husband and son were not hit. The murder is being investigated by the Royal Ulster Constabulary.