meteredAccess: purchase.metered_paywall, This week, I tracked down Corporal Howess father Robert, who is now living in the Far East. } else if (Object.keys(p.badge || {}).indexOf('premium-plus') > -1) { 17 September, 2016 12:00 Corporal Derek Wood The killing of two British soldiers by the IRA in 1988 was the result of one of the officers "showboating" in front of a new recruit Hartnett claims.. While still in the park, the soldiers were mercilessly beaten, stripped to their underwear and searched. Kevin McNamara, Labour Northern Ireland spokesman, has called for the three cases to be reopened. Believing the soldiers were loyalists intent on repeating Stones attack,dozens of people surrounded and attacked their car. Father Reid was at the scene, and this week he explained his part in the tragedy. . ","articleBody":"Police are reviewing footage following a paramilitary-style funeral in west Belfast for an IRA man convicted of killing two corporals in 1988. Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? the nearest thing to the crucifixion of Christ that one could see.. Even Michael Stone, sentenced to 638 years, was released two years later. Kanes conviction was quashed on appeal due to the unreliability of his confession. On Remembrance Day that year in Enniskillen, an IRA bomb killed 11 and wounded dozens, in what proved to be a PR disaster for the organisation. Their unpoliced funerals in Belfast's Milltown Cemetery on 16 March were attacked by Ulster Defence Association (UDA) member Michael Stone with pistols and hand grenades, in what became known as the Milltown Cemetery attack. Collect, curate and comment on your files. . Henry Reid, a friend of the deceased, told the crowd that Murphy - also known as Alec - remained unrepentant about his IRA past and became "disillusioned" when he was no longer needed after the armed campaign ended. // Regionals Container It drove past aSinn Finsteward who signalled it to turn. meteredAccess: purchase.metered_paywall, The film shows, however, that he did not kick the corporal then. if (element.tagName === 'BODY' && ! He was only saved from lynching by police intervention. At the time the (undercover army surveillance) structure over there included two specific units, a senior army officer who was engaged in Ulster intelligence operations told me this week. document.cookie = subscriberCookieName + "= ; path=/;domain=" + domain + ";expires = Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT"; const flipPayJsUrl = 'https://cdn.flip-pay.com/clients/inm/flip-pay.js'; Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies. As "a very active volunteer" he was returned to prison on more than one occasion. Corporal Derek Wood produces a weapon as he tries to hold back the crowd. Sir Brian Hutton, sentencing, said, "All murders are brutal, but the murders of Corporal Howes and Corporal Wood were particularly savage and vicious . "[5] Conservative MP Michael Mates nonetheless defended the "hands off" policy, saying "A return to heavy-handed policing could provoke riots, which is what the IRA want so they can say to the world 'They won't even let us bury our dead in peace. if (eventType === 'access_resolved' || eventType === 'access_resolved ') { They were jailed for life in 1989, with a recommendation of a minimum 25 years. subscriptionStartDate: '0000-00-00T00:00:00Z', It was broadcast in a BBC-1 Rough Justice documentary which claimed the footage demonstrated a serious miscarriage of justice in the case of a Belfast man, Pat Kane, who is serving life for murder. It shouldnt have been a problem. [22] Maguire is now chairman of the Belfast office of Community Restorative Justice Ireland, a police-supported group aimed at dealing with low-level crime through mediation and intended to replace the practice of "punishment beatings" and kneecappings by paramilitaries.[23]. const cookies = document.cookie.split('; '); Whether it was bravado or just a wrong turn, a mistake, I dont know.. Corporal Derek Wood was killed at the IRA funeral of Kevin Brady in Andersonstown in 1988.. British Army corporals David Howes and Derek Woodwere killed by the Provisional IRA on 19 March 1988 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in an event which became known as the corporals killings. Improvised weapons appear. They in no way reflect my own opinions and I take no responsibility for any inaccuracies or factual errors. if (event.detail.object.access === true) { const bundleValue = getBundleValue(purchase, 'purchase'); No one said a word. I had failed. The corporals killings was the killing of British Army corporals David Howes and Derek Wood[1] by the Provisional IRA on 19 March 1988 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He said Murphy was 12 when he heard "gun battles raging on the streets", referring to the Falls Road curfew in July 1970. Two men, Alex Murphy and Harry Maguire, were found guilty of the murder of the corporals. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. 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Reid knew that IRA operations had to be reined in if real progress was to be made towards peace. "We had to make an enquiry to Paris, because Channel 5 in Paris had some amazing footage of the attack.". They put the two of them face down on the ground and I got down between them. } He was also stabbed four times in the back of the neck and had multiple injuries to other parts of his body. Wood produced a handgun,which certain off-duty members of the security forces were permitted to carry at the time. The incident was filmed by television cameras and the images have been described as some of the most dramatic and harrowing of the conflict in Northern Ireland. Four other people were also convicted of lesser offences. According to the British Army, Howes and Wood ignoredgeneral ordersto stay away from IRA funeral processions. In his judgment Mr Justice Carswell referred to this, saying Kane seemed to have helped to eject the priest. Tipperary Tim astounding 1928 Grand National winner at 100/1 & a proud resident of Glencairn! The softest of soft military targets was chosen. return 'premium-plus'; Why didnt the security forces rescue them? if (isGrantedBy('corporate_account')) { 12 Int used to go under the cover name of the Northern Ireland Couriers. Their combined testimonies build a compelling new account of a day that shocked the world. When the car was surrounded and the windows smashed, those surrounding attempted to drag the soldiers out. The Maze Prison escape (known to Irish republicans as the Great Escape) took place on 25 September 1983 in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It drove past a Sinn Fin steward who signalled it to turn. Terence Clarke, the chief steward on the day, was sentenced to seven years for assaulting Corporal Wood. Streamline your workflow with our best-in-class digital asset management system. The footage obtained by a French cameraman showed the taxi the two corporals were placed in being driven from the scene. For a ghastly half-hour the mask slipped. } 'https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f); Ann Ogilbys brutal murder: Forgotten victims of theTroubles, Kriss Donald The Brutal Racist Killing of an InnocentSchoolboy. The priest then heard shots further up the road. A warning shot can be heard, fired in the air by Wood. He followed the mob as it carried the two corporals to nearby Roger Casement Park. It is quite impossible for him to have picked up the priest.'. })(); Premium subscribers enjoy unlimited access to all articles. script.src = flipPayJsUrl; That in turn led to the double lynching of the British corporals an act of such barbarity that the wider world awoke to the true horror of the Troubles in Northern Ireland. })(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-CQ3M'); This week Father Reid also spoke for the first time, to the BBC, about his courageous attempts to save two lives. The 32-year-old bride, Rosemere do Nascimento, had. The corporals were eventually pulled from the car and punched and kicked to the ground. const element = mutation.target; It happened 25 years ago on Wednesday, March 19, 1988, when two British soldiers in plain clothes Corporals David Wood and Derek Howes of the Royals Corps of Signals blundered into the. return 'epaper-access'; I must remind the House of the background and sequence . Physically there was not a way [for British soldiers] to get through without it turning into a major armed incident. Television pictures showed the crowd surging back, with some of them attacking the vehicle with a wheel-brace and a stepladder snatched from a photographer. This is not OK Corral weaponry. The pair were put in a black taxi, which drove off at speed, one of the IRA men waving a fist in triumph. "No amount of persuasion would change their mind. I kept asking for an ambulance. let cookieValue = parts.join('='); Nicknamed the Dogs, the notorious Belfast unit was responsible for some of the worst atrocities of the Troubles, including Bloody Friday in June 1972 which saw at least 20 car bombs detonated across Belfast, killing nine people and injuring 130. Superintendent Lorraine Dobson said: "An evidence-gathering operation was in place. A Room With A View star Julian Sands, 65, is missing in Californian mountain range: Urgent search is under No one likes a complainer! They were surrounded by hundreds of people, got boxed in and overwhelmed. }; Our volunteers forcibly removed the two men from the crowd and, after clearly ascertaining their identities from equipment and documentation, we executed them. Cairns photograph was later named one of the best pictures of the past 50 years byLifemagazine. Redemptorist priest Father Alec Reid, who later played a significant part in the peace process leading to the 1998 Good Friday Agreement, intervened and attempted to get someone to call for an ambulance, but was dragged away and threatened with shooting if he didn't stand up; he was then pulled away from the men. try { How the murders were reported on the front page of the Mail on Sunday. The car headed straight towards the front of the funeral, which was headed by several black taxis. return 'none'; } A frenzied mob dragged the soldiers from their car, beat them. Cairns' photograph was subsequently designated one of the best pictures of the past 50 years by Life magazine.[9]. Using two pistols and several hand grenades, Stone killed three people in the cemetery including an IRA man called Kevin Brady and wounded around 60 before being chased and caught by mourners. Everyone thought immediately that this was another loyalist attack, he said. RedemptoristpriestFatherAlec Reid, who later played a significant part in thepeace processleading to the 1998Good Friday Agreement, intervened and attempted to get someone to call for an ambulance, but was dragged away and threatened with shooting if he did not stand up; he was then pulled away from the men. 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Corporals David Howes and Derek Wood who were murdered in 1988. } }; } But it was simply down to the speed of republican reaction and the number of people in the street: they were very angry and some of them very heavily armed. return key.split('granted_by_')[1]; Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in, Find your bookmarks in your Independent Premium section, under my profile. const bundleValue = getBundleValue(purchase, 'app_purchase'); The consequences were swift, terrible and very public. 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