New inquest ordered into death of woman shot during 1983 Post Office robbery

Belfast solicitor Kevin Winters has welcomed the ordering of a new inquest into the 1983 death of Bridget Foster (Liam McBurney/PA)

A new inquest has been ordered into the death of a woman who was killed during a robbery at a Post Office in Co Tyrone in 1983.

Bridget Foster, 80, a mother of five, was shot dead by a stray RUC bullet following a shoot-out between police and masked men who were carrying out the robbery in Pomeroy.