This is sad, to see the effect that this commie terrorist has had on his children's lives. I know them well. They are very nice people, and his killing has hung over their entire lives. Their father ("Northern Ireland's Che Guavera") was absolutely a killer, a terrorist. He was wanted, charged with multiple terrorism offences, including the murder of soldiers.
The soldiers who engaged with him fired warning shots, and then shot him as he tried to escape. He was not "just walking down the street, unarmed." He was probably the most wanted man in Northern Ireland, and had been involved in multiple attacks against politicians and soldiers, including the murder of soldiers. I can well understand if the soldiers who shot him were motivated to want him dead, because of his actions and his reputation. And maybe they violated procedure. But there is no evidence that they wanted him dead. And it is considered acceptable in many jurisdictions to shoot people who are wanted for violent crimes, and who are considered dangerous, and who are known to possess weapons illegally, and who are resisting arrest.
The two soldiers put on trial were denied a jury-trial. The prosecutor's identity is a secret. There are good reasons for those measures, because terrorists have killed and intimidated jurors, prosecutors, judges, jailers, police, and witnesses, but it is still egregious.
The judge ended the trials because the anonymous prosecutors introduced improper evidence. Specifically, the two soldiers had voluntarily provided interviews with a phony "truth and reconciliation" type government commission, detailing the shooting, on the understanding that they would not be prosecuted; and then their "testimony" (not under oath) was taken and used as the basis for their prosecution. I don't think they said anything incriminating anyway, but of course any statement admitting a violent action can be twisted.
Now, instead of just not prosecuting these old soldiers (who were following orders, serving in their own country), the "conservative" anti-British government (of course with the full support of the treasonous opposition parties) intends to legislate a statute of limitations for all terrorism-related crimes in Northern Ireland (and only NI, with no such statutes in the rest of the UK).
McCann's faction of the IRA (OIRA, Official IRA, "Stickies") had broken off from the PIRA (Provisional), because the Stickies had more of a Marxist and Trotskyite ideology. The PIRA probably wanted him dead, and were no doubt happy he got shot dead by soldiers. (The PIRA is Sinn Fein, and the OIRA became the Worker's Party in the Fagrepublic. All of them are anti-White, Communist/communistic, anti-Irish, anti-Christian.)
A C4 curry-report by some bint who is only interested in how she can denigrate the nation she is leeching off of: "Family of Official IRA man Joe McCann call for inquest into his death"
https://youtu.be/bbql42Aa8xU