Coroner tells teenager's inquest British soldier was not justified in firing shot

A British soldier was unjustified in shooting dead a pregnant teenager sharing a last embrace with her boyfriend in Belfast during the Troubles in the North, a coroner said.

Coroner tells teenager's inquest British soldier was not justified in firing shot

A British soldier was unjustified in shooting dead a pregnant teenager sharing a last embrace with her boyfriend in Belfast during the Troubles in the North, a coroner said.

Marian Brown, 17, did not pose a threat to anybody and the British military could not have identified a clear line of fire, Judge David McFarland said.

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