Ex-paratrooper accused of killing James Wray and William McKinney, and attempting to murder five others
An army veteran will stand trial on Monday charged with murder in relation to Bloody Sunday, when the Parachute Regiment shot dead 13 civil rights protesters in Derry in 1972.
The former paratrooper, known as Soldier F, is charged with two murders and five attempted murders during a military operation that became a defining event of Northern Ireland’s Troubles.
He has pleaded not guilty to the murders of James Wray and William McKinney and the attempted murder of five others.
For families of the dead and wounded, the trial at Belfast crown court is the culmination of 53 years of campaigning.
