US EditionNorthern Ireland Court finds British soldier not guilty in Bloody Sunday killings
Soldier F was acquitted of all charges related to the 1972 Bloody Sunday shootings after a trial citing insufficient evidence, despite 13 civilians killed and 15 wounded, the deadliest event of The Troubles.
- 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.
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…
The Bloody Sunday remains one of the darkest chapters of the Northern Ireland conflict. British soldiers shoot 14 civilians during a civil rights march in 1972. So far only one soldier has been charged for it - and now acquitted.
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