Former Grenadier Guardsman David Holden, 51, will appear at Belfast Crown Court next month when he will be formally charged with unlawfully killing Aidan McAnespie on 21 February 1988.
Mr Holden, who was 18 at the time, admitted he fired the fatal shot and claimed his hands were wet and his finger slipped off the trigger guard of his machine gun.In 2014, following requests by the McAnespie family, the case was re-examined by the Public Prosecution Service and a decision not to prosecute Mr Holden was taken.
Both Mr Holden and several members of Mr McAnespie's family attended the hearing remotely, via video link.
Irish citizens are killed 'unlawfully' by the British, but British armed forces killed in Ireland are murdered. Is that a colonial thing ?
Unlawfully killing = illegally killing = MURDER.
Manslaughter? I hope the trial gets to the bottom of what exactly happened.
Not before his time.
Good
I'd be jn favour of the death penalty in this instance