The Army's killing of a member of the IRA in Londonderry in 1972 was unjustified, a coroner has found
• James Oliver Bradley was born on 16 July 1953 in Derry's Altnagelvin Hospital.• He died, aged 19, on 31 July 1972 some time between 05:15 BST and 06.30 BST.• It was agreed and accepted that he was a Provisional IRA member at the time of his death.
Judge Kinney said he was satisfied Mr Bradley was killed by a soldier who got out of a Saracen vehicle, dropped to one knee and opened fire several times. He could not reasonably have been perceived as posing a threat of death or serious injury to the soldiers in the Saracen or anybody else; No first aid or medical assistance was provided by the soldiers. The coroner said if first aid had been administered, there was a"reasonable prospect" that he would have survived;
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