44 years after killing... British Ministry of Defence accept young Derry boy Manus Deery was innocent
By Alan Walsh
Published 21st Nov 2016, 17:12 GMT
Updated 15th Aug 2019, 18:01 GMT
News that the British Ministry of Defence has accepted that a 15-year-old boy shot dead in Derry over 40 years ago has been welcomed by Foyle SDLP MLA Mark Durkan.
A barrister for the MoD and Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) told a Belfast court today they accepted Manus Deery (pictured) had not been carrying a weapon when a soldier shot him in near his Bogside home in 1972.
They also admitted the shooting breached military guidelines.
Mr Durkan said: “I welcome this long overdue admission of this young boy’s innocence after years of misrepresentation endured by his family, who has consistently stood up for his good name and strived for the truth.”