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30/10/2012
PIRA Shooting Inquest Fails To Reach Verdict
An inquest has failed to reach agreement on a case involving the shooting of an IRA man by the RUC in Belfast.
Pearse Jordan was killed following a car crash in 1992.
Witnesses have said Jordan was shot in the back by an RUC officer after he fled from his stolen car, involved in the crash.
The incident, which occurred on 25 November on the Falls Road in the city, caused widespread controversy at the time.
As in many cases during the Troubles, friends and families of the victim claimed Jordan was the victim of an RUC 'shoot-to-kill' policy.
The inquest opened in Belfast last month and concluded on Friday.
The jury did agree that the victim was shot by an RUC officer following the road accident. It found he had been shot dead after he got out a red Ford Orion car.
It was agreed that Jordan had received a bullet wound to the back of his left arm, a wound to the left shoulder and the fatal chest wound, but that it wasn’t possible to determine the order in which the shots were fired.
The verdict showed the RUC decision to stop the car was based on surveillance and intelligence which suspected Jordan’s involvement in the moving of weaponry by the Provisional IRA in west Belfast.
But the jury failed to agree on whether the force used by the officer was reasonable in the circumstances, exactly what the officer had known concerning the victim and whether another course of action had been possible.
Despite a call from the barrister representing the Jordan family for a fresh inquest, the judge ruled to accept the limited findings of the jury.
(IT)
Pearse Jordan was killed following a car crash in 1992.
Witnesses have said Jordan was shot in the back by an RUC officer after he fled from his stolen car, involved in the crash.
The incident, which occurred on 25 November on the Falls Road in the city, caused widespread controversy at the time.
As in many cases during the Troubles, friends and families of the victim claimed Jordan was the victim of an RUC 'shoot-to-kill' policy.
The inquest opened in Belfast last month and concluded on Friday.
The jury did agree that the victim was shot by an RUC officer following the road accident. It found he had been shot dead after he got out a red Ford Orion car.
It was agreed that Jordan had received a bullet wound to the back of his left arm, a wound to the left shoulder and the fatal chest wound, but that it wasn’t possible to determine the order in which the shots were fired.
The verdict showed the RUC decision to stop the car was based on surveillance and intelligence which suspected Jordan’s involvement in the moving of weaponry by the Provisional IRA in west Belfast.
But the jury failed to agree on whether the force used by the officer was reasonable in the circumstances, exactly what the officer had known concerning the victim and whether another course of action had been possible.
Despite a call from the barrister representing the Jordan family for a fresh inquest, the judge ruled to accept the limited findings of the jury.
(IT)
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