Former soldier convicted of manslaughter in NI troubles 1988

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Originally Posted by melmothtw

Aidan McAnespie's family might disagree.

​​​​I was at Bessbrook on the 12th February 1997, when Stephen Restorick was murdered by a shot to the back from a coward. I was still there a month later when his parents visited the spot where their son was killed and unveiled a memorial to him in The Mill garden.

And yet Stephen Restorick's parents, especially his mother Rita, have been tireless campaigners for peace in NI, with a call for an amnesty for all sides, despite the fact that their son's murderer was released 16 months into a 490 year sentence. So whose voices matters more?

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