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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Rebecca Black

Judge considers application to halt Soldier F trial over Bloody Sunday murders

Belfast Crown Court, where Soldier F is being tried (PA) - (PA Archive)

A judge has risen to consider an application to dismiss the case against a former paratrooper accused of the murder of two men during the events of Bloody Sunday in 1972.

Judge Patrick Lynch heard arguments that the key evidence against the veteran, referred to as Soldier F for legal reasons, was unreliable and could potentially lead to an unsafe conviction.

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