Martha Ann Campbell, a 13-year-old school girl, lived with her mother, Elizabeth and father Oliver at the family home at 71 Ballymurphy Road Belfast. At 8.15pm on Sunday 14th May, 1972, Martha was walking along Springhill Crescent, in the Ballymurphy area with her friend when she was shot and fatally injured.

Our office is representing the Campbell family in relation to an application to the Attorney General to request a new inquest into the circumstances of Martha’s death.

We intend to engage various expert witnesses to review the evidence in the case including a ballistic expert, an independent pathologist and a consultant engineer to review the scene as it was in 1972. Our staff will be taking part in a sponsored walk of Divis Mountain on Saturday 15th May 2021 to raise money to help cover the cost of the expert witnesses required. We would greatly appreciate your support.