Widow's hurt at Troubles proposal

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Phyllis Carrothers' husband Douglas was killed in 1991

An RUC widow has said that she is "shocked and hurt" by a proposal to give £12,000 to the families of everyone killed in the Troubles.

Those eligible would include the families of paramilitary victims, and loyalist and republican paramilitaries.

The Consultative Group on the Past is expected to make the recommendation on Wednesday.

Phyllis Carrothers' husband Douglas was killed in 1991 by an under car bomb in Lisbellaw, County Fermanagh.

"My initial feelings are of shock, disbelief and hurt," said Mrs Carrothers.

"I actually didn't think I'd be hearing anything about this until Wednesday so it did come as a double shock from that point of view.

"I'm hurt because I don't think the perpetrators of murders and those murdered like my husband should be treated on a level playing field, and that's causing a sense of deep, deep hurt within me."