By GB News (World News) | Created at 2026-09-30 23:11:00 | Updated at 2026-10-01 02:00:00
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A lawyer representing an SAS Troubles veteran has spoken out on GB News after facing a fresh inquiry over the killing of an IRA terrorist.
Speaking to GB News, Lawyer Phillip Barden told host Patrick Christys that the latest appeal against the veteran, known as Soldier B, is "outrageous".
More than 30 years ago, despite having already cleared his name three times, Soldier B was part of the team intercepted and killed three IRA terrorists back in 1991.
Last year, a coroner ruled their use of lethal force was justified and proportionate.
That decision has been challenged by the daughter of IRA member Tony Doris, who has been granted legal aid to continue the case against Soldier B in an appeal to the Supreme Court.
Discussing the appeal on the People's Channel, Mr Barden told host Patrick the treatment of the veteran is "appalling".
He said: "It is absolutely outrageous that this case is proceeding, and no report does justice to the appalling treatment of this hero.
"He, along with colleagues, were protecting an innocent civilian who was going to be murdered in cold blood by the IRA."
Lawyer for Soldier B Phillip Barden told GB News that the appeal is 'outrageous'
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Mr Barden recalled the incident in question which has landed Soldier B in his fourth legal process to clear his name.
He told GB News: "The army had some intelligence, but they didn't know where they were coming from. They didn't know how many there were, and so they swapped the civilian for a soldier.
"What a brave man who stepped in the place of a civilian, and then they lay there to protect him if the IRA turned up and they didn't have time to intercept them and arrest them.
"As events transpired, a car pulled up at great speed. There were two men with Armalite rifles in the back. The back seats had been removed. It was a fire platform, and they aimed at the soldier about to shoot and kill him.
Phillip Barden told GB News the process has been 'very difficult' for Soldier B to deal with
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"And at that point, the soldiers had no option but to open fire. They opened fire on the car and the three terrorists were killed."
Mr Barden made clear Soldier B had "no choice" but to fire in that moment, and an appeal on the matter had previously been described as "ludicrous".
He said: "Soldier B fired eight shots in between one and two seconds in order to try and stop a man being murdered. Had he paused, he would not have been able to fire as he did, and somebody may very well have been killed. Murdered.
"So he had no choice, and that argument was considered in detail by a High Court judge on the first appeal from the coroner, who described it as ludicrous and devoid from reality.
"Then the family appealed again to the Court of Appeal. So three judges, including the most senior judge in Northern Ireland, the Lady Chief Justice, dismissed the appeal and said that it was a waste of money."
Asked by Patrick how the appeal has affected Soldier B personally, Mr Barden concluded that he is "stressed" about facing another legal process after "seven years" of appeals.
He told GB News: "He is stressed, very stressed. A family man, retired, finds it very difficult to deal with this as anybody would.
"Here he is now, in the seventh year of this process, going through the constant drama of courtroom hearings. It's very difficult, very difficult."
In a statement, a Northern Ireland Justice Department spokesman told GB News: "The Legal Services Agency does not comment on the details of individual cases."
