SAS victim was shot in back
Gavin Shuter, the uncle of Jim Taylor, the wildfowler shot dead by
the SAS while on a hunting expedition in Coagh, County Tyrone last
September, has called for the SAS men to be charged with murder.
His call follows the leak to the Press Association in Belfast last
week of a pathologist's report which shows that Jim Taylor, a
23-year-old Protestant from Coagh, was shot once in the back and
twice in the side of his chest as he fell to the ground.
At the time of the shooting, the SAS claimed that they were in a
``terrorist situation'' and were ``acting in good faith''.
Responding to the press leak, the RUC said that none of the SAS men
involved in the killing would be charged. A report on the killing had
been submitted to the Director of Public Prosecutions, who had
directed that there was no case to be made against the Brits.
Phoblacht, 28 April 1979
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