As the group passed a security checkpoint, British paratrooper Pvt.
Michael Williams shot Majella twice in the back with a general-purpose machine gun, from around 20 to 30 yards away.
[3] Majella was airlifted to Daisy Hill Hospital in Newry, where she was pronounced dead on arrival.
Nevertheless, he was acquitted of manslaughter by the judge, Maurice Gibson, sitting alone without a jury in a Diplock court.
[1][3] In 2011 the British government formally apologized for both the killing of O'Hare and the acquittal of Williams.