david holden was convicted of manslaughter, for opening fire on aidan mcanespie with a machine gun atsince the good friday agreement. 0ur ireland correspondent emma vardy can tell us more. talk us through the background and what happened originally and then the latest developments? this what happened originally and then the latest developments?- what happened originally and then the latest developments? this is one of a number — the latest developments? this is one of a number of _ the latest developments? this is one of a number of cases _ the latest developments? this is one of a number of cases in _ the latest developments? this is one of a number of cases in northern - of a number of cases in northern ireland against former soldiers which is very divisive for communities here. what happened in 1998 was that aidan mcanespie was unarmed and walking through this checkpoint and he was struck by a bullet which ricocheted off the road and killed him. david holden at the soldier responsible at the time, he argued that his hands had slipped and he was just 18 and he was on duty for the fi

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david holden was convicted of manslaughter, for opening fire on aidan mcanespie with a machine gun atreland correspondent emma vardy who gavew me the latest on this case. well, this is one of a number of cases in northern ireland against former soldiers, which is very divisive for communities here. and that happened in 1998 that mr mcanespie, he was unarmed, he walking through the checkpoint and he was struck by a bullet which ricocheted off the road and killed him. david holden, the soldier responsible, at the time argued back then that his hands had slipped, he was just 18, he was on duty for the first time, that he hadn't meant to fire at mr mcanespie. at that time, he was given a fine by the army, and he very much considered the matter closed. but mr mcanespie's family campaigned for many years to getjustice, and finally the case was reopened, and then manslaughter charges were brought against david holden in 2018. and last year, he was found guilty of manslaughter. and the judge found that there was gross negligence to have pointed the gun at mr mcanespie, that he shouldn't have