Prosecutors to review evidence in seven other veteran cases after trial collapse

Supporters of the two veterans accused of the murder of Joe McCann in 1972 celebrate after hearing the case at Laganside Court in Belfast has collapsed (PA)

Prosecutors are to examine the evidence in seven other cases involving veterans in Northern Ireland following the collapse of the Joe McCann murder trial.

Senior lawyers in the Public Prosecution Service (PPS) are awaiting Mr Justice O’Hara’s written ruling on the inadmissibility of evidence before conducting the exercise.