Dennis Hutchings was three days into trial for 1974 Troubles killing when he died from virus on Monday
Serious questions need to be raised about the prosecution of an 80-year-old army veteran over a fatal shooting during Northern Ireland’s Troubles, the Democratic Unionist party leader has said, following the death of the former soldier from Covid on Monday evening.
Dennis Hutchings, who had denied killing 27-year-old John Pat Cunningham in 1974, was three days into his trial in Belfast when he contracted the virus. He had kidney disease and was on dialysis.
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