Clegg acquitted
By Ned Kelly
LAST week's decision to give a retrial to Lee Clegg
perpetuates the misery of Karen Reilly's family, still
grieving after their daughter was murdered by Clegg's
patrol.
The decision by Judge Robert Carswell allows a bogus
argument about a bullet aimed at the back or at the
side of a speeding car.
Eighteen year old Karen Reilly and 17 year-old Martin
Peake were killed and 16 year-old Markovitch Gorman
seriously injured in a hail of bullets on the Glen Road
in 1990.
Paratrooper Lee Clegg was subsequently convicted of
Karen's murder and served two years of a life sentence
before being allowed back on duty and promoted.
Eyewitnesses at the time destroyed claims by the Crown
Forces that the car the teenagers had been driving had
crashed through a road block.
No-one was ever charged with the murder of Martin
Peake. Ever since his conviction Clegg has fought a
high profile campaign backed by the British
establishment.
The level of Clegg's regret at the death of Ms Reilly
is best seen through the mural the Paras painted in
Palace Barracks after the incident with the message,
``built by robots, driven by morons, stopped by `A'
company.``
In Clegg's attempt to clear his name `new evidence' was
admitted into court. It was forensic evidence based on
computer simulation of events that night and had
nothing to do with a re-examination of original
evidence. Clearly whatever the point of entry of the
bullet from Clegg's gun, there was no threat to the
patrol from the young joyriders.
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