A fresh inquest into the controversial killing of an IRA man almost 25 years ago opened in Belfast yesterday.
Pearse Jordan (23) was shot dead by the RUC after the stolen car he was travelling in was rammed on the city's Falls Road in November 1992.
Civilian witnesses later claimed that Mr Jordan, who was from Ballymurphy, was shot three times in the back as he ran away.
The shooting took place close to where explosives were being stored.
Last week a High Court judge ruled that the Mr Jordan’s parents, Hugh and Teresa, will be allowed to see the man who killed their son and other security force members on condition they do not describe their appearance or demeanour to members of the public.
Normally police and British army witnesses are shielded from public view.
Mr Justice Horner said the decision should not be treated as a precedent for any other inquest.
Three former RUC officers gave evidence on the first day the inquest yesterday, which heard details about how Mr Jordan’s car was stopped on the night he was killed.
The findings of the original inquest in 2012, in which a jury was split on key aspects of the case, were later quashed by the courts.
The fresh inquest is sitting without a jury.
