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Miami Showband massacre: UK government accused of ‘lies’ after £1.5m payout
Survivor of 1975 Northern Ireland attack says he agreed to settle because of plan to halt Troubles prosecutions

A survivor of the Miami Showband massacre during the Troubles in Northern Ireland has hit out against the “lies” of the British government as he and other victims of the atrocity agreed to £1.5m in damages over suspected state collusion with loyalist terrorists.
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Stephen Travers, who was injured in the attack, said he was convinced he would have won his civil case against the Ministry of Defence and the police showing there had been collaboration between the killers and serving soldiers. He said he agreed to settle because of a plan by the British government to bar all prosecutions relating to killings by soldiers and police during the Troubles.

“The threat of the current British government to shut down all cases with the command paper set out in July threatening to dispense with justice rather than to dispense justice was a factor I had to take into consideration,” he told Newstalk’s Pat Kenny Show in Dublin on Tuesday.

Legislation proposing an amnesty for all state agents involved in killings during the Troubles is to be tabled in January on the grounds that it serves no one to prosecute ageing soldiers and police involved in crimes 40 years or more ago.

“Our case proves that it is not easy to get into court. The argument that they are vexatious claims being taken against the British government … is a complete lie.”

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/dec/14/miami-showband-massacre-uk-government-accused-lies-payout-northern-ireland-troubles