The family of west Belfast man Liam Holden has been awarded £350,000 in damages after he was tortured into admitting a murder in 1972
By Julian O'NeillThe family of a west Belfast man has been awarded £350,000 in damages after he was tortured into admitting a murder in 1972.
Mr Holden had claimed he was hooded and had a gun pointed at his head before wrongly admitting to shooting Private Frank Bell 50 years ago.His death penalty was reduced to life in prison before a 40-year fight to clear his name resulted in his murder conviction being quashed in 2012.'Like I was drowning'
"The first thing I felt was the cold, then trying to breathe and then sucking water in through my mouth and up my nose.He said that up to four questioning and waterboarding sessions were allegedly carried out."While we were driving one of the soldiers was tapping my knee with a gun, saying: 'This is for you'," he told the court.
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