Queen v Robert James Shaw Rodgers

“I saw the front seat passenger get out.� As I drew nearer I saw him holding a girl by the arm. He then put a gun to her head and I heard 3 or 4 shots.� I was almost alongside at this time.� He then dropped the girl.”

Mr McDonald who had just cycled past where the taxi had stopped at this time on the Annadale Embankment, heard 3 or 4 shots in quick succession.� He saw Eileen lying on her side towards the wire fence and her feet towards Governor’s Bridge.� He then went to her aid.�

[7]������� Mr Sherry reached a telephone kiosk and phoned for police and ambulance.� Meanwhile, Mr McDonald tended to the prostrate and unconscious, Eileen, who was bleeding badly from her face.� The police and ambulance arrived and Eileen was conveyed to the RVH hospital where she died next morning at 1.05 am.�

“The reason that Kieran McIlroy was shot was that he was a Roman Catholic and his assassination was part of a plan by the organisation of which Rodgers and Gibson belonged.� Our enquiries failed to reveal the name of this organisation.”

[12]����� In the meantime Eileen Doherty’s inquest file along with 41 other files had been referred to the Historical Enquiry Team (HET) on 18 January 2008.� The HET is investigating “cold cases.” It would appear from the evidence of David Thompson, the fingerprint expert, that the match between the prints taken by Sergeant Hillis way back in October 1973 and the defendant’s prints was made some time before 14 December 2010.� There was a further match made on 14 December 2010 when the defendant’s prints were taken from him following his arrest.