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Whyte said that the only way for families like his to find out the whole truth about what happened was amnesties for all perpetrators. I don't believe the vast bulk of these murders will ever end up in court. You can call it what you want but there are already de facto amnesties out there for the likes of British soldiers and policemen … there always has been. I would want to hear the truth but, let's be honest, that is not going to happen if any actor in the Troubles thinks they could still go to court, face prosecutions, go to jail.

Meantime, we need to stop poisoning the body politic by having this current approach. A 'Truth Forum' that is non-adversarial is the way forward — even for the man who killed my mum. Whyte has faced down authority before in searching for truth and justice.

He sits on the Victims Forum — the body set up to help the families and victims of the Troubles — and has expressed concern over the welfare even of UVF members as well as British soldiers. The lecturer said he was perplexed as to why the families and loved ones of dead British soldiers and loyalist paramilitaries were not represented on the forum.

The same goes for many of the loyalists. Asked what his mother's attitude to his plea for amnesty combined with a truth forum would have been, Whyte said: "If there is a heaven I know my mum is up there and if I didn't express forgiveness to those that did us so much wrong she would send down a lightning bolt right away to hit me at this table.

This article is more than 7 years old. Jude Whyte wants an amnesty to cover all the Troubles murders so that the truth will out. Jude Whyte lost his mother in a bomb attack on their home in in Northern Ireland. Topics Northern Ireland The Observer news.