William McGreanery’s family settle case against MoD

Mr McGreanery, a shop assistant, was shot after a member of the 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards – known as Soldier A – opened fire from an Army sanger overlooking the junctions of Eastway, Lone Moor Road and Westland Street.

In June 2011, the Historical Enquiries Team (HET) found he “was not carrying a firearm and he posed no threat to the soldiers”.

Later that year, the chief of the general staff of the Army sent an official apology to the McGreanery family and in 2013 an apology was also made by the armed forces minister, Andrew Robathan, in the House of Commons.

Earlier this year, Northern Ireland’s Attorney General ordered a fresh inquest into the death of William McGreanery.

That direction came a day after the Public Prosecution Service (PPS) said there was insufficient evidence to prosecute the soldiers suspected of shooting him dead.

The McGreanery family have asked for that decision to be reviewed.