US EditionNorthern Ireland Court finds British soldier not guilty in Bloody Sunday killings
Soldier F was acquitted due to insufficient evidence despite the 2010 Saville Inquiry finding soldiers unjustifiably shot unarmed civilians during the 1972 Bloody Sunday march.
- A Northern Ireland court found a British soldier not guilty in the Bloody Sunday killings that occurred on January 30, 1972, during a conflict in Northern Ireland.
- Judge Patrick Lynch stated that the Parachute Regiment members had 'totally lost all sense of military discipline' during the incident.
- The inquiry by Lord Saville in 2010 indicated that the paratroopers fired first and that victims posed no threat.
- Former Prime Minister David Cameron described the killings as 'unjustified and unjustifiable' in a House of Commons apology.
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The British State Has Prevented Justice for Bloody Sunday
A British court has acquitted the only soldier to face trial over the Bloody Sunday massacre in Derry in 1972. The outcome is no vindication of “Soldier F” or of the British establishment, whose long cover-up made a successful prosecution so challenging. Families and supporters of the victims march to court in anticipation of the verdict in the trial of Soldier F on October 23, 2025, in Belfast. (Charles McQuillan / Getty Images) The acquittal …
In January 1972, when British paratroopers shot at Northern Ireland demonstrators, the Northern Ireland conflict escalated. Londonderry's massacre entered history as Bloody Sunday. A court has now concluded. For the time being.
"Justice delayed is justice denied" - Soldier F found not guilty of Bloody Sunday murders
A British army veteran accused of murdering James Wray and William McKinney on Bloody Sunday in 1972 has been found not guilty. He was also accused of the attempted murder of five others – Joseph Friel, Joe Mahon, Patrick O’Donnell, Michael Quinn and a person of unknown identity. The killings were part of a massacre perpetrated by British troops in Derry on 30 January 1972, in which 14 people were killed, and at least 15 injured. In the verdict …
Families vow to fight on despite ex-soldier's acquittal over Bloody Sunday killings
The only soldier ever prosecuted over a massacre of civilians in 1972 that became known as Bloody Sunday has been found not guilty of murder and attempted murder charges. The presiding judge at Belfast County Court has ruled that while he was satisfied the former paratrooper was among a group of soldiers who shot at civilians after a civil rights march, there was not enough evidence to convict him of the killings.
Veteran Soldier F Not Guilty of Murders on Bloody Sunday
A former paratrooper known as Soldier F has been found not guilty of committing two murders and five attempted murders on Bloody Sunday in Londonderry in 1972. Delivering his judgment at Belfast Crown Court, Judge Patrick Lynch said the evidence presented against the veteran fell “well short” of what was required for conviction. However, the judge said that members of the Parachute Regiment had shot dead unarmed civilians, and those involved sho…
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