Doorstep Shootings Part II: Tunnel Vision

In this episode I am focusing on two Troubles' murders, those of RUC Sgt Hugh Brendan McCormac and Pat Finucane. Both men were slaughtered in front of their wives and young children. While this episode concludes the theme of 'Doorstep Murders' I felt that these two cases - from the thousands murdered during the Troubles - demonstrated how the killers thought nothing of murdering their victims in very close proximity to the respective families.I do go digress here and there, but I sincerely hope I am able to adequately convey my thoughts without exhausting your patience. I was also minded of, but didn't have time to include in the episode, the following poem by Michael Longley...The Civil ServantHe was preparing an Ulster fry for breakfastWhen someone walked into the kitchen and shot him:A bullet entered his mouth and pierced his skull,The books he had read, the music he could play.Hlay in his dressing gown and pyjamasWhile they dusted the dresser for fingerprintsAnd then shuffled backwards across the gardenWith notebooks, cameras and measuring tapes.They rolled him up like a red carpet and leftOnly a bullet hole in the cutlery drawerLater his widow took a hammer and chiselAnd removed the black keys from his piano.       Click here if you’d like to send me a comment or question. Thank you.Support the showMédecins Sans FrontièresUnicefPEN International