Ex-soldier who shot dead civilian during Troubles convicted of manslaughter
by Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#666Y8)
Belfast court convicts David Jonathan Holden over 1988 killing of Aidan McAnespie
A former soldier who shot dead a civilian as he walked through a British army checkpoint in Northern Ireland during the Troubles has been convicted of manslaughter.
Belfast crown court on Friday found David Jonathan Holden, 53, guilty of gross negligence when he shot Aidan McAnespie on 21 February 1988, making the former Grenadier Guardsman the first army veteran to be convicted of a historical offence in Northern Ireland since the 1998 Good Friday agreement.
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