Brother of Bloody Sunday victim prepared for landmark murder trial of veteran

Mickey McKinney, whose brother William was killed on Bloody Sunday, stands beside a mural in the Bogside area of Londonderry, Northern Ireland (PA) - (PA Archive)

The brother of a man killed on Bloody Sunday says it is still sinking in that a former paratrooper accused of the murder is to finally face trial.

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 on January 30 1972.