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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
Amanda Ferguson

Decision to discontinue 'Bloody Sunday' murder case quashed by Belfast court

FILE PHOTO: People attend a memorial service to mark the 50th anniversary of 'Bloody Sunday' in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, January 30, 2022. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne/File Photo

Northern Ireland's High Court on Wednesday quashed prosecutors' decision to discontinue a murder case against the only British soldier charged over the "Bloody Sunday" killings of 13 unarmed Catholic civil rights marchers in 1972.

The court said it should be for a trial judge to rule on the issue of admissibility of evidence, and directed the Public Prosecution Service (PPS) to reconsider its decision.

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