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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Rebecca Black

Admissibility of ‘decisive evidence’ in trial of Soldier F examined

Solicitor Ciaran Shiels with families of those killed on Bloody Sunday in Londonderry in 1972 following a sitting of the trial of army veteran Soldier F at Belfast Crown Court on Wednesday. (Rebecca Black/PA) -

The admissibility of “decisive evidence” in the trial of a former paratrooper accused of the murder of two men in Londonderry over 50 years ago is being examined.

It centres around statements made by two other soldiers which claim their colleague fired shots at Glenfada Park North on January 30 1972, the day when members of the Parachute Regiment shot dead 13 civilians.

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