Fresh inquest into death of boy shot in hospital grounds in 1975 to be heard

A preliminary hearing at Belfast Coroner’s Court heard the first battalion of the King’s Own Scottish Borderers were operating in the area at the time of the shooting according to Army logs.

A fresh inquest into the death of a 15-year-old boy who was shot in the grounds of a Belfast hospital will be heard next March.

Patrick Crawford, 15, was struck while walking through the grounds of the Royal Victoria Hospital on August 10, 1975.