9 April 1998 Edition
Killing not an accident
Around 100 supporters of Scots Guardsmen Mark Wright and Jim Fisher marched through Arbroath, Scotland last Saturday calling for the pair to be released early from Maghaberry jail.
Both British soldiers were found guilty of shooting 18 year old nationalist Peter McBride in the back while they were on footpatrol in the New Lodge Road district of North Belfast in September 1992.
Marking the birthday of Wright who was 28 this Tuesday the yellow ribbon wearing protesters heard his parents Isobel and Douglas describe McBride's murder as ``an accident''. But Jean McBride said, ``there is no way my son's killing could be described as `an accident', for they chased Peter for three streets on a bright sunny morning before they shot him.
``Peter had been body searched prior to this. They knelt down, aimed and shot him a number of times before he died. I can never share another birthday with my son the way Guardsman Wright's parents can. He has never shown any remorse and actually gave me the thumbs up sign in court as he was being sentenced.''
Both British soldiers were found guilty of shooting 18 year old nationalist Peter McBride in the back while they were on footpatrol in the New Lodge Road district of North Belfast in September 1992.
Marking the birthday of Wright who was 28 this Tuesday the yellow ribbon wearing protesters heard his parents Isobel and Douglas describe McBride's murder as ``an accident''. But Jean McBride said, ``there is no way my son's killing could be described as `an accident', for they chased Peter for three streets on a bright sunny morning before they shot him.
``Peter had been body searched prior to this. They knelt down, aimed and shot him a number of times before he died. I can never share another birthday with my son the way Guardsman Wright's parents can. He has never shown any remorse and actually gave me the thumbs up sign in court as he was being sentenced.''