Ka taƙaita labarin:  Wanda ake zargi: Janar mai ritaya Sir Frank Kitson (a sama) ya lashe lambar yabo ta CBE saboda aikinsa a rundunar. Ana tuhumar wani janar mai ritaya kan kisan kai a Arewacin Ireland fiye da shekaru 40 da suka gabata. An zargi Sir Frank Kitson, wanda yake da shekaru 88, a cikin shari'ar Patrick Eugene Heenan, wani Katolika da aka kashe ta masu biyayya a 1973. Wannan shi ne karo na farko da aka gurfanar da wani babban jami'in da ya yi ritaya a gaban kotu a kan matsalolin. A jiya duk da haka, Sir Frank ya ce ya rikice game da dalilin da ya sa aka kira shi saboda ba ya ma aiki a Arewacin Ireland a lokacin. Ya koyi game da matakin shari'a a wata wasika daga wani kamfanin lauyoyi na Belfast a karshen mako. Mista Heenan, mai shekaru 47, ya mutu ne lokacin da 'yan bindiga suka jefa gurneti a kan wata motar da ke dauke da shi da wasu mutane 14 zuwa wani ginin Belfast. Gwauruwarsa, Mary, ta kai karar Ma'aikatar Tsaro da janar, tana mai cewa ya mutu ne saboda "rashin kulawa da rashin da'a". Amma Sir Frank ya gaya wa Daily Mail cewa ba shi da alaka da shari'ar. "Ban kasance a can ba a 1973," in ji shi. <unk>Na kasance a Ireland daga Satumba 1970 zuwa Afrilu 1972. Ban san komai ba game da abin da ya faru da Mista Heenan. 'Ni ba mai tsara manufofi ba ne, ni kwamandan sojoji ne. Ba ni da wata masaniya game da Mista Heenan kuma na bar Ireland a lokacin mutuwarsa. Sir Frank (hoton), wanda yanzu yana da shekaru 88, ya ce ya rikice game da dalilin da ya sa aka kira shi saboda ba ya aiki a Arewacin Ireland a lokacin kisan kai a 1973. Sir Frank ya kuma musanta ikirarin cewa shi ne ke kula da ayyukan soja a Arewacin Ireland a farkon shekarun 1970: "Ba ni ba. Na yi umurni da daya daga cikin brigades uku. Sama da ni akwai babban janar da kuma laftanar janar. <unk>Muna aiki tare da 'yan sanda a lokacin, dole ne mu yi shirinmu tare. Ba mu taba yin amfani da kungiyoyin 'yan bindiga ba. Kanar Tim Collins <unk> tsohon na 1st Battalion Royal Irish Regiment <unk> ya bayyana shawarar bin Janar Kitson a matsayin abin mamaki. Ya kara da cewa: <unk>Ba wai kawai lamari ne mai ban mamaki ba, yana damu da ni cewa hukumomi sun ba da izinin irin wannan aikin...
Sir Frank Kitson, mai shekara 88, wanda ake zargi a 1973 da laifin Patrick Eugene Heenan, mai shekara 47. Wannan shi ne karo na farko da aka kai karar wani babban jami'in da ya yi ritaya a kan matsalar. Amma Sir Frank ya yi ikirarin cewa bai ma yi aiki a Arewacin Ireland a lokacin ba. Mista Heenan ya mutu lokacin da'yan bindiga suka jefa gurneti a kan motar da ke dauke da shi.