Veteran arrested as police suspected he fired fatal shots in 1974, trial told

Dennis Hutchings, 80, a former member of the Life Guards regiment, has pleaded not guilty to the attempted murder of John Pat Cunningham in Co Tyrone in 1974 (Peter Morrison/PA)

Police arrested an Army veteran because they suspected he fired the fatal shots which killed a man with learning difficulties in 1974, his trial has been told.

A PSNI note from 2015 also said that officers believed Dennis Hutchings had at least 10 seconds to make a decision whether to use fatal force.