Paddy McElhone, 24, died instantly near his home in Pomeroy, Co Tyrone, in 1974 after he was fired on by a soldier from the First Battalion, the Royal Regiment of Wales.

An inquest into the death of a man with special needs who was shot in 1974 will be fair, a coroner in Northern Ireland said. Patrick McElhone, from Pomeroy in Co Tyrone, died in the area following an encounter with soldiers.