Coroner rules against exhuming body of man shot dead in Belfast in 1971

The body of a man shot dead by the British Army at a Christmas dance in Belfast in 1971 should not be exhumed, a coroner has ruled.

Coroner rules against exhuming body of man shot dead in Belfast in 1971

The body of a man shot dead by the British Army at a Christmas dance in Belfast in 1971 should not be exhumed, a coroner has ruled.

Joseph Parker's family want tests to be carried out on bullet fragments in an attempt to identify the weapon used.

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