The mother of the last soldier to be shot dead by the IRA has called for a re-think over the early release of paramilitary prisoners. Monaghan man Bernard McGinn was found guilty at Belfast Crown Court of the murder of Stephen Restorick.
Under the Good Friday Agreement, McGinn will be released next year. Mrs. Rita Restorick said that she felt justice had been done, but she added that, at the moment, victims' families were being asked to give everything. She said that she would still support the early release scheme if paramilitaries started giving up their weapons.
Bernard Michael McGinn was found guilty of murdering Lance Bombardier Stephen Restorick, the last British soldier to have been killed by the IRA. McGinn was also found guilty of the murder of Lance Bombardier Paul Garrett in South Armagh 1993 and former Ulster Defence Regiment soldier Thomas Johnston in 1978 and of making bombs for use in London.
