Family's anger at Bell campaign
By Mick Naughton.
The uncle of 18 year old nationalist Peter McBride,
shot dead by two British soldiers from the Scots Guards
regiment has slammed another push to free his nephews'
killers as, ``2,000 slaps in the face for our family.''
Billy McBride hit out after it emerged that former BBC
reporter and now independent MP Martin Bell had
launched a letter-writing campaign to mark the two
soldiers' 2,000th day in prison. Bell said he will send
2,000 letters to ``influential people'' who may assist
the British military establishment in attempting to get
the pair out of Maghaberry jail.
Guardsmen James Fisher and Mark Wright shot the New
Lodge Road teenager in the back after `P' Checking and
body searching him on 4 September 1992. Last weekend a
rally in support of the soldiers was held in Perth with
a bagpipe tune titled `Freedom' played in their honour.
Bell took an active interest in the campaign at the end
of last year and believes the pair should be freed
immediately. It was only three years ago last week the
soldiers were jailed for life.
Peter McBride's mother, Jean, said these latest
attempts to free her son's killers had caused great
anguish in her family.
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