Derry Four coerced into murder confessions, ombudsman concludes

Police Ombudsman Marie Anderson (NIPSO/PA)

RUC officers unfairly obtained confessions from four young men who were wrongly accused of murdering a British soldier, an investigation by the Police Ombudsman has found.

Gerry McGowan, Michael Toner, Stephen Crumlish and Gerard Kelly, known as the Derry Four, were charged with killing Lt Stephen Kirby in Derry in 1979.