HC Deb 30 April 1980 vol 983 cc536-7W
Mr. Peter Robinson

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement regarding the shooting of Frederick Victor Wilson of I Lothian Avenue, Belfast; and if he will call for a report from the Chief Constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary as to the progress it has made in detecting his killers.

Mr. Humphrey Atkins

At approximately 0840 hours on Friday 11 April, Mr. Frederick Wilson, a part-time member of the RUC Reserve, was standing outside his place of employment in Franklin Street, Belfast, talking to two men, when a motorcycle stopped behind them. The pillion passenger alighted from the motorcycle and shot Mr. Wilson in the head, fatally injuring him.

After abandoning the motorcycle on which they had initially made their escape, the killers fled on foot.

The police are continuing their inquiries and it would not be appropriate for me to call for a progress report.