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03/09/2003
Kelly McBride set to run for parliament
The sister of a Belfast teenager shot dead by two British soldiers 11 years ago has announced her intention to stand as a candidate in a London by-election.
Kelly McBride said she was standing in the Brent East by-election to raise awareness of her family's campaign to have Scots Guards Mark Wright and James Fisher dismissed from the army following the death of her brother Peter in 1992.
Wright and Fisher were convicted of murdering the 18-year-old while on patrol near the teenager's home in the New Lodge area of north Belfast.
The pair were sentenced to life for murder in 1995, but released three years later where they were allowed to rejoin their regiment.
The Brent East by-election comes after the death of Labour MP Paul Daisley who died from cancer earlier in the year.
(MB)
Kelly McBride said she was standing in the Brent East by-election to raise awareness of her family's campaign to have Scots Guards Mark Wright and James Fisher dismissed from the army following the death of her brother Peter in 1992.
Wright and Fisher were convicted of murdering the 18-year-old while on patrol near the teenager's home in the New Lodge area of north Belfast.
The pair were sentenced to life for murder in 1995, but released three years later where they were allowed to rejoin their regiment.
The Brent East by-election comes after the death of Labour MP Paul Daisley who died from cancer earlier in the year.
(MB)
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