Private Ian Thain, a British soldier convicted of murder while on duty in Northern Ireland in 1983, is on parole from prison after serving just over two years of a life sentence.

Report shows protests after the killing of Thomas Reilly in the Turf Lodge district of Belfast in August 1983.

Belfast Crown Court.

Photograph of Thomas Reilly.

Interview with Reilly's parents on the decision to parole Private Thain.

The reporter is Gary Honeyford.

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