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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Brian Melley

Lawyer urges judge to acquit British ex-soldier in 1972 Bloody Sunday killings in Northern Ireland

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A lawyer for the only British soldier charged in the 1972 Bloody Sunday massacre said Thursday that prosecutors failed to prove murder and attempted murder charges, as he urged a judge to acquit the former paratroope r.

Defense lawyer Mark Mulholland said in his closing argument that the case against Soldier F was “fundamentally flawed and weak” because of unreliable evidence from “fabricators and liars.”

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