50th Anniversary: The Murder of Robert McMullan
On the 50th anniversary of the murder of father of four, Robert McMullan, the family releases disturbing new evidence.
Historical Enquiries Team
British Military Intelligence on the Murder of Billy Hanna
Read a secret British Military Intelligence file and logs on the murder of Billy Hanna
The Murder of Martha Campbell, Schoolgirl
Martha Campbell was 13 years old when she was murdered close to her home in West Belfast on 14th May 1972. The murder of Martha Campbell is one of a small number of child killings that lies unclaimed by any organisation. Her family and local witnesses have long believed that the British Army shot Martha, …
Where Was MRF When McGurk’s Bar Was Bombed?
For over 10 years, the families have asked police investigators where was the British Army’s death-squad, MRF, when McGurk’s Bar was bombed. Every investigation by the police and Police Ombudsman’s Office in the 46 years since the atrocity, which claimed the lives of 15 civilians, have failed to even prove the existence of the Miltary Reaction …
Earliest Record of Operational MRF?
Is this the earliest record of an operational Military Reaction Force (MRF)? A British Army 39 Brigade Commander’s Diary from October 1971 could have uncovered the earliest operational record of the clandestine Military Reaction Force. We have other records naming the main players like Captain Arthur Watchus and Sergeant Clive Graham Williams from the beginning …
Podcast 4: The Murder of Jean Smyth-Campbell
In this Paper Trail Pro podcast, we examine the murder of Jean Smyth-Campbell and her family’s campaign for truth. Jean Smyth-Campbell was a 24-year-old mother of a young child who was murdered in west Belfast on June 8th 1972. The state’s police force told her family that she was killed by Republican paramilitaries but British …
Kelly’s Bar Cover-Up Exposed After 45 Years
The 45th anniversary of the Kelly’s Bar attack and cover-up just passed. A startling archive find from British military archives proves that a member of the Parachute Regiment alerted his superiors to the names of two Loyalist suspects involved in the bombing of Kelly’s Bar. At the time, the British Security Forces and government blamed …