Bloody Sunday: No perjury charges for former soldiers or alleged IRA member
- Solicitor Ciaran Shiels, of Madden and Finucane, expressed disappointment with the PPS decision, 14 years after the inquiry's findings.
- The PPS decision was communicated shortly before the enactment of legacy legislation, allowing British army veterans to evade justice in Northern Ireland.
- Senior Prosecutor John O'Neill clarified that the PPS findings did not contradict the Saville Inquiry, stating those killed were not posing a threat to soldiers on Bloody Sunday.
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Northern Ireland prosecutor says UK soldiers involved in Bloody Sunday won't face perjury charges
LONDON (AP) — Prosecutors say 15 former British soldiers won’t face charges for perjury at an inquiry into Bloody Sunday, one of the deadliest days of the decades-long Northern Ireland conflict. Prosecutors said on Friday that there was insufficient evidence to convict the soldiers or a former alleged member of the Irish Republican Army of lying. Members of Britain’s Parachute Regiment shot dead 13 civil rights protesters in Derry, also known as…
Northern Ireland prosecutor says UK soldiers involved in Bloody Sunday won't face perjury charges
Prosecutors say 15 former British soldiers won’t face charges for perjury at an inquiry into Bloody Sunday, one of the deadliest days of the decades-long Northern Ireland conflict
Bloody Sunday families pledge to challenge Public Prosecution Service perjury ruling
The Bloody Sunday families have said they will challenge a decision by the Public Prosecution Service (PPS) not to prosecute former British soldiers in relation to allegations that they gave false evidence to the Saville Inquiry.
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