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Madden
& Finucance represent the families of Jackie Duddy, Michael Kelly,
Hugh Gilmour, Michael McDaid, John Young, Kevin McElhinney, Willie
McKinney, Gerard McKinney, Gerald Donaghey and Patrick Doherty who were
shot dead on Bloody Sunday. We also represent some members of the family
of Barney McGuigan, who was also shot dead.
We
also represent Damien Donaghey, Alana Burke, Patrick McDaid, Joe Friel,
Joe Mahon and Michael Quinn who were wounded on Bloody Sunday, and we
also represent the families of John Johnston, Margaret Deery, Patrick
O’Donnell, Patrick Campbell, Daniel McGowan and Pius McCarron who were
shot and injured on that day, but who have since died.
Peter
Madden, of Madden & Finucane Solicitors said as follows:
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"In
1974 ex gratia payments of compensation were made to the victims of
Bloody Sunday. The amounts paid were based on the flawed conclusions of
Lord Widgery and were derisory and wholly inappropriate in amount. The
victims will not, therefore, be compensated “twice” as has been
claimed by some commentators.
"There
is nothing unusual about the payment of proper compensation in a case
like this. Indeed, recently the British Government paid compensation to
the family of Baha Mousa and nine other Iraqi men who were subjected to
horrific assaults by soldiers from the 1 Queens Lancashire Regiment in
Basra in 2003. These assaults resulted in the death of Baha Mousa, a 26
year old father of two young children. This payment followed the
conclusions of the report by Sir William Gage which found that the
treatment of the men was unjustified."
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