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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Lisa O'Carroll Ireland correspondent

Belfast court quashes decision to stop Bloody Sunday prosecution of Soldier F

Posters with faces of James Wray and William McKinney
The families of James Wray and William McKinney holding a vigil in west Belfast in 2019, when it was initially announced that Soldier F was to be charged. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA

A British army veteran accused of killing two civilians on Bloody Sunday in Derry in 1972 may face prosecution after a high court judge quashed a decision by the public prosecution service (PPS) to drop murder charges.

The chief justice, Mrs Justice Keegan, said the decision by the PPS not to continue the prosecution of Soldier F, as he is codenamed, for the murders of James Wray and William McKinney “crossed the threshold of irrationality” and was illogical.

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