Ruling could force reopening of cases

A COURT ruling in Belfast yesterday could force the British Government and the Police Service of Northern Ireland to reopen murder cases involving the army and members of the RUC.

A High Court judge ruled in favour of the family of murdered Derry woman Kathleen Thompson, finding that no effective investigation was held into her murder.

Kathleen Thompson was shot dead by British soldiers in the Creggan Estate in Derry in the early hours of November 6, 1971.