Liam Holden , in his 1973 testimony , said that after the interrogation he was taken from the school and driven to the outskirts of Belfast , where a gun was put to his head and he was told to sign a confession . A military police sergeant drove Holden to Castlereagh police station in east Belfast . There , Holden signed a statement admitting shooting Private Bell . In 2012 , Holden summed up his feelings at the time , stating " By the time they were finished with me I would have admitted to killing JFK . " Holden 's 1973 trial for murder lasted four days . After deliberating for 90 minutes , the judge told him " You will suffer death in the manner authorised by law " . He was led , handcuffed to a prison officer , down the underground tunnel from the court to Crumlin Road Prison on the opposite side of the road . He was taken to the condemned man 's cell in C wing , and by virtue of being on death row was allowed a black and white television and two bottles of beer a day
killing JFK
Assassination of John F. Kennedy
Liam Holden