Rosemary Nelson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Rosemary Nelson

Human rights lawyer

Date of Birth: 04-Sep-1958

Place of Birth: Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 15-Mar-1999

Profession: lawyer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Rosemary Nelson (née Magee; 4 September 1958 – 15 March 1999) was an Irish human rights solicitor who was assassinated by an Ulster loyalist paramilitary group in 1999. A bomb exploded under Nelson's car at her home in Lurgan, Northern Ireland.
A loyalist paramilitary group calling itself the Red Hand Defenders claimed responsibility for the murder.
Allegations that the British state security forces were involved in her killing led to a public inquiry.
It found no evidence that state forces directly facilitated her murder, but could not exclude the possibility that individual members had helped the perpetrators.
It said that the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) failed to protect her and that she had been publicly threatened and assaulted by officers, which helped legitimize her as a target.