NI: Coroner gives up
01 September 1994
Belfast coroner John Leckey finally abandoned the attempt to hold inquests into the deaths of James McKerr, Eugene Toman, John Burns, Roddy Carroll, James Grew and Michael Tighe after the July ruling that he was not entitled to call for the working documents, papers and tapes used in the Stalker and Sampson inquiries (see Statewatch Vol 4 no 4). He said that the ruling meant that his aim of fully examining the circumstances surrounding each killing was "no longer achievable". Relatives expressed disappointment but no surprise, adding that the cover- up by the courts confirmed their long-held belief of a shoot-to- kill policy.
Independent 9.9.94.