`."System- "Systemgl`Dcfound her husband lying in a pool of blood. However another source                    2 T`Nc(Molyneux and Kelly) says that she gave a detailed description of a tall well                     2 Tc-  I2 i`)cspoken officer, walking with a pronounced             2 ic  =2 i!climp. It would appear that this          42 ~`ckilling was carried out by         2 ~$cthe notorious      A2 ~$cAuxiliary Cadet Captain Lee Hoppy           --- 2 `cHardy.    2 cMichael   G2 (cCollins believed that this was the case.          ---  2 c  --- R2 `/cDavid Grant in his website on the Auxiliaries (           #2 cwww.theauxiliari    2 Wces.com  2 c) has  @Times New Roman---- @ !- --- I2 `)cwritten on the killing of OCarroll (See           2 cHere 72 c). Grant reviews the various      - @ !%- --- 2 `cso  >2 r"curces and comes to the view that        J2 r*cPeter OCarroll had in fact been murdered             X2 `3cby members of the Auxiliary Division of the RIC.               2 c  /2 cHowever, he also points          y2 `Icout that OCarroll was a member of the IRB and had bought guns and other                   :2 `ccontraband from soldiers in the          2 Uc  O2 Z-cBA. (The source of this information was the             _2 1`8cBMH witness statements of OCarroll son, Liam OCarroll              2 16c   2 1@c  2 1Ecsee  2 1bcHere  2 1c  2 1cand - @ !%3b- --- 2 F`cHere C2 F%c.) Grant concludes that, while OCar       A2 F$croll was killed by the Auxiliaries,         - @ !%H`- ---  2 \`c v2 \hGcNor can one say that Peter O'Carroll was a blameless invalid given his                     }2 q`Lcmembership of the IRB and his trading in guns. This is a strange statement                    w2 `Hcbecause, as written and without qualification, it can easily be interpre                2 cted as     }2 `Lcexcusing the killing of OCarroll by the Auxiliaries. Even if he was not a                      =2 `!ccompletely blameless invalid, d         2 _coes Gran   "2 ct believe that     %2 cOCarroll deserve      2 cd   2 c  2 cto    q2 `Dcbe summarily executed with the Auxiliaries acting a judge, jury and                   ------ 2 ` cexecutioner?     ---  2 c  --- 82 `cWhy was OCarroll not arrested         2 Sc  2 Vcand  2 w cinterned, if      2 cC  2  crown Forces     2 @c  "2 Echad suspicions      k2 `@cabout him? Why did the Auxiliaries decide to kill an unarmed 62                   2 Mc- 2 S cyear old man       2 $`Pcwith one bullet to the head at his front door? Along with killing of Lynch (see                      2 9`cSep    2 9~c- 2 9c23   2 9c- Y2 94c20/1), it would seem obvious that elements within th            &2 9)ce Crown Forces in        2 O`McDublin (specifically BA Intelligence agents and the Auxiliaries) were of the                    L2 d`+cbelief that they could kill with impunity.           2 dc  A2 d$cHow did such a culture arise within              }2 y`Lcsections of the Crown Forces? Also, the fact that these first two targeted                    2 `ckil  z2 tJclings (Lynch and OCarroll) were not even active members of the IRA would                    L2 `+cseem to indicate that the Crown Forces had            2  ceither a    82 clack of intelligence on their          --- h2 `>cenemy or, perhaps, they had a preference for soft targets?                 ---  2 >c  "Arial--ccbbaa