‘Dirty wee torturers’: Northern Irish man tells of British army abuse during Troubles

Jim Auld, pictured at his west Belfast home, was never charged with any offence. Photograph: Paul Faith/The Guardian

Jim Auld was so tortured by British army interrogators during the Troubles that he tried to kill himself. He survived but has never seen a counsellor or psychologist or psychiatrist, and never will.

“I don’t trust them that it wouldn’t end up in a paper somewhere. I don’t want the torturers learning from me so they can improve their techniques,” he said last week.