A chara, I hope you and yours are well. After a tireless campaign for truth and justice spanning nearly 54 years, the victims and survivors of the Springhill-Westrock Massacre of 9th July 1972 heard what they knew all along – their loved ones were innocent and unjustifiably killed.It has been Paper Trail’s honour to support their campaign with legacy archive research over the years. In turn (because of new evidence we discovered), this has helped other families impacted by violence around that period too. With family support yesterday, we published our own investigation into the 1st Battalion King’s Regiment. 🎥 Watch: Killer Kings and its Bloody Tour of West Belfast in 1972
Rather than a couple of out-of-control loose cannons within a section of C Company 1 Kings over a couple of hours, Paper Trail investigated a number of similar murders and cover-ups across all the Companies and over the 4-month tour of duty. Hopefully, these killings will be re-investigated in new inquests as promised, but – taken together – I believe they show a pattern of lawlessness and impunity, rather than an isolated loss of control. Hence why we call them the Killer Kings. The legal teams have been made aware of this, of course, and we will support the families in the coming years. Don’t forget you can subscribe for free to our YouTube channel, Paper Trail Pro. Kind regards,Ciarán
