MP calls for ‘statutory protection’ for British soldiers following Clonoe ruling

MP calls for ‘statutory protection’ for British soldiers following Clonoe ruling

Conservative former minister Sir David Davis said he would find it hard to imagine a ‘more clear cut case’.

MP calls for ‘statutory protection’ for British soldiers following Clonoe ruling - Jersey Evening Post

British soldiers should be given protections in law, a Conservative former minister has said following a ruling that SAS soldiers were not justified in killing four IRA members in a 1992 ambush. Sir David Davis said he found it hard to imagine a “more clear cut case which allows firing without challenge” than in the Clonoe incident and described the coroner’s ruling as “demonstrably wrong”. He welcomed the UK Government’s decision to seek a judi…