Thomas 'Kidso' Reilly (22) killed by British soldier | Quill

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Thomas 'Kidso' Reilly (22) was shot by a member of the Light Infantry on Springfield Road on the 9th of August 1983. Ian Thain, the soldier responsible for the killing, was convicted in December 1984, making him the first British Army soldier to be convicted of murdering a civilian in Northern Ireland. However, Thain was released in January 1987 and allowed to rejoin his regiment and resume active service.

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https://cain.ulster.ac.uk/victims/docs/newspapers/irish_news/na_in_040807.pdf