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Widow sues general in landmark case

A WIDOW launched a legal case yesterday against a senior British Army officer over alleged misconduct in public office.

Mary Heenan issued civil proceedings against retired General Sir Frank Kitson in relation to the death of her husband in a loyalist grenade attack in February 1973.

Eugene “Patrick” Heenan, 47, was killed when the minibus in which he was travelling was targeted by loyalist paramilitaries in east Belfast.

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