Murder of Stephen Carroll

Killing of Stephen Carroll
Part of the dissident Irish republican campaign
LocationLismore Manor, Craigavon, County Armagh, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Date9 March 2009 (2009-03-09)
About 9:45PM
Attack type
Ambush
WeaponsAK-47
Deaths1 Police officer
InjuredNone
PerpetratorContinuity IRA
ConvictedJohn Paul Wootton, Brendan McConville[1]
Verdict
  • sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole
  • Wootton: After 14 years, later amended to 18
  • McConville: After 25 years
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Stephen Carroll was a Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) officer who was killed by the Continuity IRA on 9 March 2009 in Craigavon, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. Carroll's killing marked the first time a serving police officer had been killed since the Good Friday Agreement in 1998.

Two days before the attack the Real IRA shot dead two British soldiers in Massereene, County Antrim. This period marked a significant escalation in the campaign by dissident republicans.