it is in connection with the fatal shooting of aidan mcanespie. that was in 1998.was that david holden was 18 at the time of the killing, he was in the grenadier guards and was in charge of a machine gun at an army checkpoint on the border with the irish republic near loch mccloy in county tyrone. aidan mcanespie is a person of interest to the military, he was walking across the border to go to a gaelic football match. mr holden fired three bullets from the machine gun, one of which ricocheted off the road and struck aidan mcanespie in the back, killing him. holden was charged with manslaughter in the 19805, that charged with manslaughter in the 1980s, that case was dropped. his claim has been that he accidentally fired the trigger. he said, for example, that he had been doing cleaning duties at the army base slightly beforehand, that his hands were wet and that the weapon was pointing in the wrong direction when he went to pointed in the right direction his hand slipped onto the trigger and he fired the bullet by accident. however, thejudge here at the end of this

yes, aidan mcanespie was shot 34 years ago, or more than 34 years ago.possible to get to the truth. this ruling today actually blows that out of the water. and everyone here would encourage, all the families, do not give up hope. there's still around 1,000 unsolved killings from the troubles, but this could be the last time an army veteran faces charges. in future, there may be immunity from prosecution for former soldiers and paramilitaries for decades—old killings, as the government is bringing forward legislation which aims to draw a line under the conflict, instead focusing on gathering information for victims�* families. but an amnesty on troubles prosecutions is opposed by victims�* groups, and david holden's conviction will be seen as vindication by many other families who say they too deserve justice. emma vardy, bbc news, belfast. a court in hong kong has found one of asia's most senior roman catholic figures guilty of failing to register a fund to help people arrested during anti—government demonstrations three years ago. cardinaljoseph zen was

yes, aidan mcanespie was shot 34 years ago, or more than 34 years ago. this ruling today actually blows that out of the water and says it is possible for other families, and we would encourage, and everyone here would encourage, all the families, do not give up hope. there's still around 1,000 unsolved killings from the troubles, but this could be the last time an army veteran faces charges. in future, there may be immunity from prosecution for former soldiers and paramilitaries for decades—old killings, as the government is bringing forward legislation which aims to draw a line under the conflict, instead focusing on gathering information for victims' families. but an amnesty on troubles prosecutions is opposed by victims' groups, and david holden's conviction will be seen as vindication by many other families who say they too deserve justice. emma vardy, bbc news, belfast. scientists in america say they've made a major breakthrough in designing a vaccine against all known strains of flu. 0ur medical editor, fergus walsh, is here. we are locked in a per

yes, aidan mcanespie was shot 34 years ago, or more than 34 years ago.e it almost impossible to get to the truth. this ruling today actually blows that out of the water and says it is possible for other families, and we would encourage, and everybody here, we would encourage all the other families, do not give up hope. they're still around 1000 unsolved killings from the troubles. but this could be the last time an army veteran faces charges. in future, there may be immunity from prosecution for former soldiers and paramilitaries for decades—old killings, as the government is bringing forward legislation which aims to draw a line under the conflict. instead, focusing on gathering information for victims' families. but an amnesty on troubles prosecutions is opposed by victims groups, and david holden's conviction will be seen as vindication by many other families who say they too deserve justice. emma vardy, bbc news, belfast. scientists in the united states say they've made a breakthrough by designing a vaccine against all known strains of flu. it raises

aidan mcanespie was, it has to be said, a person of interest to the military. the machine gun, one of which ricochets across the road and struck aidan mcanespie in the back, killing him —— he was walking across the border to go to gaelic football match. he said he had been doing cleaning duties at the army base just before that, his hands were wet and he had been pointing the weapon in the wrong direction his hand slipped onto the trigger and he fired the bullets by accident. howeverthejudge trigger and he fired the bullets by accident. however thejudge here is tojustjust so have accident. however thejudge here is to justjust so have at accident. however thejudge here is to just just so have at the accident. however thejudge here is to justjust so have at the end of this nonjury trial says he believed holden was not was liberally false. he said holden was criminally culpable, that he was in and that means he is guilty of mostly negligence manslaughter —— he believed holden's account was deliberately false, he is guilty of gross negligence manslaughter. aidan mc

he said holden had pointed the gun at aidan mcanespie, aidan mcanespie heard, the court heard, been ae trigger. however, holden thought that the gun was not cocked, in other words, he didn�*t expect it would actually fire live rounds. thejudge said that didn�*t expect it would actually fire live rounds. the judge said that he found holden guilty of gross negligence, manslaughter, because he said it should have been apparent that holden was handling a lethal weapon, and therefore that a death could occur if the weapon was fired. so, for the family of aidan mcanespie, who have campaigned for this moment for 3h years, well, they say they have mixed emotions about it, but overall they are relieved. the army veterans campaign group who have supported david holden through this say they are disappointed, they said that holden will appeal against thejudgment and take it said that holden will appeal against the judgment and take it to the supreme court if necessary, but this case will be seen as something of a touchstone, particularly since the government to bring legislation through parliamen

aidan mcanespie was 23, he was walking across the border to go to a football match and he was fatallyurt heard that mr mcanespie was a person of interest at the time for stub david holden�*s defence chiefly was that he accidentally fired the gun because his hands had been wet from cleaning duties he had just carried out and his finger slipped onto the trigger, but the judge here at belfast crown court dismissed that, he found that holden had pointed the gun deliberately at aiden mcanespie, that he pulled the trigger on purpose. thejudge did accept that holden did not know that the gun was caulked on the ready to fire live rounds, but he said that assuming the gun was not was in and of itself an indication of gross negligence manslaughter. the convicted holden of that charge. as regards the wider invocation of this, aiden mcanespie�*s family said they have waited 3a years for justice, they are relieved that they have in their view gotjustice in this case, that the verdict was guilty, and they�*ve also pointed to the westminster government�*s plans to change the way that killings from t