30 August 1987: Winston Finlay, 44-year-old Protestant, married and a full-time Reserve RUC police officer was shot as he arrived home in Ballyronan. Around 10:30PM he and his wife returned home after visiting relatives. As Res Const. Finlay got out of his car to open the garage door, the gunmen opened fire. His wife heard bangs and then saw her husband fall to the ground. Res Const. Finlays wife told the June 1988 inquest that she thought her husband was crouching down and shouted to him to get back into the car. She said that when she got out of the car she found him lying dead beside it. Res Const. Finlay joined the RUC in December 1966 and had been stationed in Cookstown. He previously served as a full-time UDR man and was in the RAF for 14 years. He was described by the family minister as a quiet, unassuming man and a loving husband. LEST WE FORGET!
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