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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Jamie Grierson

Bloody Sunday: ex-soldier pleads not guilty to double murder in Belfast trial

Man speaks into press microphones flanked by two people either side and several behind
Michael McKinney, centre, brother of Bloody Sunday victim William McKinney, gives a statement to the press outside Belfast crown court on Friday. Photograph: Charles McQuillan/Getty Images

A former soldier accused of two murders on Bloody Sunday has pleaded not guilty as he was formally returned for trial after an attempt to get the case thrown out was refused.

Ex-paratrooper Soldier F, who cannot be identified, is accused of murdering James Wray and William McKinney when members of the Parachute regiment shot dead 13 civil rights protesters on the streets of Londonderry in January 1972. He is also charged with five attempted murders.

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