(1) Martha Ann Campbell, a 13-year-old school girl, lived with her parents at the family home, 71 Ballymurphy Rd Belfast. At 8.15pm on Sunday 14th May, 1972, Martha was walking along Springhill Crescent, in the Ballymurphy area with her friend when she was shot fatally injured.

(2) Martha was taken to a nearby house and a volunteer ambulance man administered first aid and called an ambulance. She was taken to the Royal Victoria Hospital, where she was certified as being dead on arrival.

(3) There was no proper investigation into the circumstances of her death by the RUC & the inquest held in September 1972 was deeply flawed.

(4) No one has ever claimed responsibility for the death of Martha. A 2009 HET report concluded that ‘it is not known whether Martha was deliberately shot or an unintended victim of crossfire.’

(5) A recent report by Paper Trail, which reviewed redacted British military Brigade and Headquarter files relating to the date in question, has established that 5 Platoon, B Company, 1 Kings Regiment fired shots into the area where Martha was shot dead.

(6) There were no other reports of firing by other combatants. This critical information was not made available to the family at the original inquest.

(7) Our office is representing the Campbell family in relation to an application to the Attorney General to request a new inquest into the circumstances of Martha’s death.

(8) We intend to engage various expert witnesses to review the evidence in the case including a ballistic expert, an independent pathologist and a consultant engineer to review the scene as it was in 1972.

(9) Our staff will be taking part in a sponsored walk of Divis Mountain on Saturday 15th May 2021 to raise money to help cover the cost of the expert witnesses required. We would greatly appreciate your support.

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