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4th
September 2002
Geoff
Hoon MP
Ministry Of Defence
Room 222
Old War Office
Whitehall
London
SW1A 2EU
Dear Mr Hoon
Re:-
Murder Of Peter McBride
I
am writing on behalf of the Troops Out Movement on
the 10th anniversary of Peter Mc Brides murder to
express our disgust at the failure of your Department
to take the necessary action in removing the convicted
murderers James Wright and Mark Fisher from HM Armed
Forces.
It
is an insult to the family of Peter Mc Bride that
his murderers who lied on oath in court and subsequently
were convicted of cold blooded murder should be allowed
to carry on serving in the British Army. The Army
has dismissed serving soldiers for lesser offences
such as possession of drugs or football hooliganism,
yet the British Army allow convicted Murderers to
rejoin after their release in 1998.
A
representative of HM Armed Forces should possess competent,
honest and law abiding qualities. The two convicted
murderers, Wright and Fisher do not fit the criteria
of this role. Therefore you are personally responsible
for employing convicted murderers who are representing
the British Army in their capacities whatever they
may be.
To
expel football hooligans and drug users but to retain
convicted murderers in the ranks of the Army is blatantly
stating that because the victim was an Irish Catholic,
his life did not really matter. Would the two be serving
in the British Army if it was another soldier or ranking
officer they had murdered? Of course they would not.
Your
explanation into the above would be appreciated.
Yours
Sincerely
Mr Anthony Donnelly
TOM Co-ordinating Committee
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