Family members of those killed on Bloody Sunday arrive at Belfast Crown Court, where the trial of a former paratrooper accused of the murder of two men on Bloody Sunday is taking place. 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. Picture date: Wednesday September 24, 2025. - (PA Wire)
The trial of a former paratrooper accused of murdering two men in Londonderry more than 50 years ago has heard an eye witness account of “pandemonium” with people screaming and shots being fired.
The statement of Bloody Sunday eye witness John McCourt also recounted being shot by a rubber bullet by a soldier himself, despite not posing any threat.
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