The Derry 4 – RUC accused of lying after 35 years

The Derry Four (from left) Gerry McGowan, Michael Toner, Stephen Crumlish and Gerry Kelly. On Valentine’s Day 1979, while on foot patrol at Abercorn Road in Derry, 22-year-old Lt. Stephen Andrew Kirby, of the Royal Welch Fusiliers was shot through the heart by a Provisional IRA sniper. He died instantly Michael Toner, Stephen Crumlish, Gerard … Continue reading The Derry 4 – RUC accused of lying after 35 years