Soldier F trial to include soldiers’ statements, judge rules
BBCA judge, military witness statements provided during the bloody market in 1972 can be used as evidence in the military F trial.
The soldier F, who was protected by a court order, refused to kill 22 -year -old James Wray and 26 -year -old William McKinney and five points of murder.
They were among them 13 people killed In January 1972, with a Parachute Regiment in a civil rights demonstration in the Bogie region of Londonderry.
On Wednesday, Judge Patrick Lynch Lynch said that military witness statements could be presented to the Court of Belfast Crown as evidence.
‘Only evidence’ to prove that he fired at civilians
The Prosecutor’s Office was trying to use the statements given by two parachutists, Soldier G and Soldier H with the Soldier F in Bloody Suny.
The soldier d died and the soldier does not want to testify in court.
The statements were provided to the Royal Military Police (RMP) in 1972, statements and verbal evidence given to the expansion investigation in the same year.
Prosecutor’s lawyer Louis Mable Kc, the court last week’s statements of the troops, soldier F’nin Glenfada Park’deki civilians can “prove the rifle” is the only evidence, he said.
Defense lawyer Mark Mulholland said Soldier G’s statements were “full of reliability questions” and that Bloody gave the “changing accounts” of events on Sunday.
The authority said there was more concern about the relevant conditions, assurances and processes when the statements were initially made in 1972.
The defense, statements “testing and challenging the opportunity to challenge” as the disadvantage, he added.
In his decision on Wednesday, Judge Lynch, “he said he would not give reasons at this stage for the adoption of statements, but he would do it on time if necessary.”
Judge Lynch said his decision came after carefully evaluated.
“I have been proved not only on legal issues, but also with the responsibility of determining guilt or innocence, the responsibility of determining guilt or innocence, that is, beyond reasonable suspicion,” he said.
The hearing is expected to continue at noon on Friday.
Speaking outside the court, the lawyer Ciaran Shiels, representing the relatives of the victims of bloody market, said that families were very pleased that the families were merit in the presentations of the judge “.
“They welcome the decision and look forward to the evidence that he has begun to be called,” he said.
Paul Young of the Northern Irish Veterans Movement said that the decision will “be met with great disappointment by veterans working in Northern Ireland.”
Who is the soldier?
During the troubles, the soldier F is a former British soldier who served with the army’s parachute procession in Northern Ireland.
It cannot be named for a temporary court order that gives anonymity.
The decision to blame the military F was taken in 2019 by the Public Prosecutor’s Office (PPS).
It was one of the 18 former soldiers reported to the PPS as a result of a police investigation, which followed the public opinion investigation on the bloody Sunday conducted by Lord Saville.
But he was the only person accused.
Two years later, PPS dropped the case After the trial of the other two veterans accused of the 1972 murder in Belfast.
However, the prosecution continued in 2022. legal difficulty.
