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Families of IRA men shot dead reach settlements for damages
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- Eve Rosatoand Hayley Halpin,BBC News NIBBCThe Mc Girr and Campbell families gathered outside court on Friday.
- Brian Campbell, 19, and Colm Mc Girr, 23, were shot dead after the SAS mounted an operation at the scene of an arms dump near Coalisland, County Tyrone in December 1983.
- The Ministry of Defence (Mo D) and the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) were sued by relatives of both Campbell and McGirr, alleging a shoot-to-kill policy and lack of effective investigation.
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Eve Rosatoand Hayley Halpin,BBC News NIBBCThe Mc Girr and Campbell families gathered outside court on Friday. The families of two IRA men shot dead by British soldiers nearly 43 years ago have reached settlements in their claims for damages, the High Court has heard.
Brian Campbell, 19, and Colm Mc Girr, 23, were shot dead after the SAS mounted an operation at the scene of an arms dump near Coalisland, County Tyrone in December 1983.
The Ministry of Defence (Mo D) and the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) were sued by relatives of both Campbell and McGirr, alleging a shoot-to-kill policy and lack of effective investigation.
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