Police inquest files on shooting of Maze escapee potentially ‘under-redacted’

Hugh Gerard Coney, 24, who was shot dead in 1974 as he attempted to escape from Long Kesh prison camp (PA)

Police files disclosed to a coroner investigating the death of a man shot while trying to escape the Maze prison were potentially not redacted fully, a court has heard.

Hugh Gerard Coney was shot in the back by a British soldier as he and other internees tried to escape the Long Kesh facility in 1974.