Double trouble: Irish in rare show of unity over UK plan to spare killers
Many Northern Irish families refuse to bury the hatchet over the 3,500-plus people murdered in the 30-year conflict
24 May 2022 - 19:33
Louie Johnston was seven years old when his father, a police officer in Northern Ireland, was shot dead while on patrol in the town of Lurgan. A quarter of a century later, Johnston says his hopes that the killer will one day stand trial could be about to fade further...
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