Mother of boy killed by RUC plastic bullet criticises ‘terrible’ legacy laws

Mother of boy killed by RUC plastic bullet criticises ‘terrible’ legacy laws
Helen Whitters (Liam McBurney/PA)

A mother whose schoolboy son was killed by a police plastic bullet has said she struggles to find words to convey her anger over the Government’s Legacy Act.

Paul Whitters, 15, died in hospital 10 days after being struck on the head by a baton round fired by a Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) officer in Derry in April 1981.

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