Coroner urged not to read judgment quashing inquest findings in riot death case

Thomas Friel died of head injuries sustained during rioting in Londonderry in May 1973 (Friel family/PA)

A coroner presiding over the case of a man who died after a riot is to consider the appropriateness of reading a court judgment that quashed a previous inquest’s findings.

Thomas Friel, 21, died in hospital in May 1973 four days after sustaining head injuries during rioting in the Creggan area of Derry.