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Healey, Inquest Touching Upon the Death Of [2025] NICoroner 8 (18 December 2025)
Coroner Dougan held Article 2 was not engaged, but still examined the case fully and found Desmond Healey was shot dead by a soldier in 1971, with lethal force unjustified.
Nugent, Re Application for Judicial Review [2025] NIKB 54 (08 October 2025)
The High Court refused leave for judicial review of coronial findings arising from the Coagh shooting, holding the coroner’s Article 2 analysis was lawful and adequately reasoned.
O'Donnell & Ors, Inquest into the Deaths Of (Rev1) [2025] NICoroner 1 (06 February 2025)
Inquest findings on the Clonoe shootings held that four men were killed by SMU gunfire in 1992; the use of lethal force was not justified and planning was flawed.
Bradley, Inquest Into the Death of (Findings) (Rev1) [2024] NICoroner 30 (24 October 2024)
Inquest findings into the 1986 shooting death of Francis Bradley at 60 Hillhead Road, Castledawson, addressing the operation, evidence, and use of force.
Thompson, Inquest into the Death of [2022] NICoroner 1 (29 June 2022)
Inquest into Kathleen Thompson’s death in Derry in 1971. The coroner found Soldier D fired the fatal shots and that the use of force was unjustified.
McElhone, An Inquest into the Death of [2021] NICoroner 1 (21 January 2021)
Fresh inquest into Patrick McElhone’s 1974 shooting found the State could not justify the killing and returned narrative findings on the circumstances.
Bradley, Inquest into the Death of [2019] NICoroner 15 (15 August 2019)
Inquest into Seamus Bradley’s death during Operation Motorman. The coroner found he was shot by a soldier, the force was unjustified, and the investigation and casualty planning were inadequate.
Jordan, Re Inquest into the death of [2016] NICoroner 1 (7 November 2016)
The inquest found that Sergeant A fired the fatal shots that killed Patrick Pearse Jordan. The evidence established that the deceased was engaged in terrorist activity on behalf of PIRA, and that the police operation was conducted in the context of credible intelligence and prevailing violent conditions. The use of lethal force was not justified on the balance of probabilities, as the deceased was unarmed and running away, and Sergeant A's actions did not comply with the RUC Code of Conduct or Article 2 ECHR requirements. The planning and control of the operation did not adequately minimise r…
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Gribben, Re Judicial Review [2012] NIQB 81 (18 October 2012)
Leave for judicial review was granted only on the ground that Soldier A should have been secured to give evidence on the Bradley incident; all other grounds failed.
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