The family of a Belfast teenager who was shot dead by British soldiers seven years ago are to apply to the European Court of Human Rights to ask for the two men's dismissal from the army.
Last night, a request for their discharge was rejected by the North's Armed Forces Minister, Doug Henderson, at a meeting with the family of the victim, Peter McBride.
The two Scots Guardsmen, Mark Wright and James Fisher, were convicted of murdering Peter McBride in 1992. They lost two appeals before being released from gaol and were then allowed to rejoin their regiment.
The mother of the victim, Jean McBride, walked out of a meeting with the North's Armed Forces Minister, Doug Henderson, last night. The family's spokesman, Paul O'Connor, said her acton was prompted by frustration.
Mrs. McBride and her family said they were deeply unhappy with the British Government's response to an Army decision to allow the two men to rejoin their regiment.
