Hilary Benn recommends investigations by agency established under Tory government’s contentious Legacy Act
Bernadette McKearney, widow of Kevin McKearney, holding photographs of her husband and her parents Charlie and Tess Fox. The three were shot dead by UVF gunmen. Photograph: Liam McBurney/PAThe families of four people shot dead by loyalists in Co Tyrone in 1992 have vowed never to give up after their request for a public inquiry was refused.
Earlier this year, a coroner said he had been prevented from delivering a “narrative” around the events following a legal challenge from the British government to it being delivered in open court.Judge Richard Greene KC also said he had reached a provisional view that an inquest into the four deaths could not proceed because of the withholding of sensitive files from the proceedings on national security grounds.
“We as a family are not giving up. Our inquest was stopped by the coroner and a public inquiry was recommended. We want our inquiry and are not accepting a lesser body like the ICRIR. Unfortunately, this Secretary of State is no different than those before him and now we will proceed to court to challenge him,” said Kevin McKearney’s widow, Bernie.
Solicitor Pádraig Ó Muirigh, who represents the McCusker family, said they have been left “deeply frustrated” after Mr Benn’s decision not to grant a public inquiry into the case.
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