The British soldier who fired the fatal shot which killed a Derry teenager 44 years ago was today named publicly for the first time.
Manus Deery, 15, was standing with a group of teenage friends near the junction of Westland Street and Rossville Street when he was shot in May 1972.
He was struck in the head by a high velocity shot from a soldier stationed at a sentry post 200 yards away on Derry’s Walls overlooking the Bogside.
The original inquest into Manus’ death in 1973 returned an open verdict.
However, in 2012, the Attorney General, John Larkin, ordered that a fresh inquest into the shooting should take place.
That inquest began this morning at Derry’s courthouse.
During the initial stages of the inquest, it was revealed that the soldier who fired the fatal shot had died in 2001.
He had been referred to previously as Soldier A.
However, following his death, the inquest was told, the soldier can now be named.
His name was William Glasgow.
Another soldier, known as Soldier B, who was also in the sentry 44 years ago is due to give evidence to the inquest on Thursday. The inquest is expected to last two weeks.
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