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Breaking: Kathleen Thompson inquest findings referred to Public Prosecution Service.

The inquest findings on Kathleen Thompson have been referred to the Public Prosecution Service. Mrs Thompson was killed by a bullet to the chest, fired by Soldier D, who fired two bullets into the garden of her Rathlin Gardens, in Creggan, on ...

05 Oct 2022 at 15:45

Northern Ireland

Inquest findings into death of woman shot by soldier sent to prosecution service

Inquest findings into the death of a mother-of-six who was shot by a soldier in an “unjustified” killing in Derry in 1971 are to be referred to Northern Ireland’s prosecution service. Kathleen Thompson, 47, was killed by a bullet to the ...

05 Oct 2022 at 18:24

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Kathleen Thompson remembered in Guildhall Vigil

In case you missed it first time around - July 2022: In a fitting finale to the Thompson Family 'Thank You Vigil' in Derry's Guildhall, the assembled crowd held one minute's applause to celebrate what Pat Finucane Centre, Advocate, ...

26 Dec 2022 at 10:30

Derry News

Kathleen Thompson to be remembered on the 50th anniversary of her killing

A Derry mother-of-six killed by a British soldier will be remembered this weekend on the 50th anniversary of her death. Kathleen Thompson was shot dead in the garden of her Rathlin Drive home in Creggan during a British Army ...

05 Nov 2021 at 13:41

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Fifty years on and still no justice for Kathleen Thompson

Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Ciara Ferguson has said it’s time for truth and justice for Kathleen Thompson. The 50th anniversary of the killing of mother of six Kathleen was commemorated at a mass at St Mary's Church in the Creggan ...

08 Nov 2021 at 12:20

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Kathleen Thompson's family challenging British Government's Legacy Bill

A number of judicial review proceedings have been lodged in the High Court by Madden & Finucane Solicitors, in response to the passing into law, pending royal assent, of the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and ...

16 Sept 2023 at 10:09

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Kathleen Thompson's family fighting to learn name of soldier who killed her

Kathleen Thompson, was killed by a bullet to the chest, fired by Soldier D, who fired two bullets into the garden of her Rathlin Gardens home in Creggan. Kathleen died on November 6, 1971 and, on June 29, 2022, ...

04 Aug 2023 at 13:00

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Kathleen Thompson remembered in Guildhall Vigil

In a fitting finale to the Thompson Family 'Thank You Vigil' in Derry's Guildhall, the assembled crowd held one minute's applause to celebrate what Pat Finucane Centre, Advocate, Sara Duddy, described as the ...

03 Jul 2022 at 23:05

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Who was Kathleen Thompson?

The Inquest into the death of Derry's Kathleen Thompson ruled this week that Soldier D was unjustified in firing the shots which killed the mother-of-six, in Derry. Kathleen's daughter, Minty Thompson, said ...

01 Jul 2022 at 11:38

Northern Ireland

Unarmed mother was shot by soldier in garden in ‘unjustified’ circumstances

A mother-of-six was shot dead by a soldier in her back garden in circumstances which were “unjustified”, a coroner has ruled. Kathleen Thompson, a 47-year-old housewife, was killed by a bullet to the chest ...

29 Jun 2022 at 15:34

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Killing of Derry mother by British soldier 'not justified,' rules coroner

A coroner has ruled that the shooting of mother of six Kathleen Thompson in Derry over 50 years ago by a British soldier was 'not justified.' Judge Sandra Crawford was giving her judgement at the end of ...

29 Jun 2022 at 15:02

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Unjustified firing of shots by soldier

The Inquest into the death of Derry's Kathleen Thompson has ruled a soldier was unjustified in firing the shots which killed the mother-of-six, in Derry, in November 1971. The Pat Finucane Centre said: ...

29 Jun 2022 at 14:39

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