Johnny Mercer has spoken of his devastation at the death of his “dear friend” Dennis Hutchings. The Plymouth MP also blamed the trial he was undergoing as having “killed him”.
The former soldier died in hospital in Belfast on Monday after testing positive for Covid-19. The 80-year-old had been in Northern Ireland in recent weeks to stand trial on charges of attempted murder over the death of John Pat Cunningham in Co Tyrone in 1974, which he denied.
pic. twitter. com/zKzVVBOADBThe trial had been sitting for just three days a week to allow Hutchings to receive dialysis treatment, and was adjourned on Monday for three weeks due to his ill-health.
Read more on msn.com