Two former paratroopers due in court charged with murder of Belfast man
Official IRA man Joe McCann died after being shot in the Markets area in 1972.
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Two former paratroopers will appear before a court in Belfast later, charged with the murder of a man almost 50 years ago.
Official IRA man Joe McCann, 24, died after being shot in the Markets area of Belfast in 1972.
The veterans are referred to in court proceedings as soldiers A and C.
It is one of a number of legacy cases, referring to incidents which took place before the signing of the Belfast Agreement in 1998, on which Northern Ireland’s Public Prosecution Service has taken decisions.
