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Lawyer Urges Judge to Acquit British Ex-Soldier in 1972 Bloody Sunday Killings in Northern Ireland
Judge Patrick Lynch rejected the defence's attempt to dismiss charges against Soldier F for the deaths and attempted murders during Bloody Sunday in 1972.
- On Thursday, Judge Patrick Lynch denied a defence bid to dismiss charges, keeping Soldier F's trial at Belfast Crown Court on track for a verdict on Oct. 23.
- After a 2010 review cleared the way, the Public Prosecution Service charged Soldier F in 2019, but legal delays and a 2022 resumption delayed trial until last month.
- The court accepted statements from Soldiers G and H despite defence claims they were `liars and fabricators`, while prosecutors said the troops fired unjustifiably in Glenfada Park North.
- Defence barrister Mark Mulholland KC rested his case without calling Soldier F and attacked the prosecution's credibility, while Judge Patrick Lynch declined to direct a verdict of not guilty and invited the defence to open its case.
- The trial's courtroom oddity — the curtained defendant — highlights Bloody Sunday's deadly legacy, as relatives of James Wray and William McKinney press for justice amid veterans' grievances and the British government's 2010 apology.
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Judgment on soldier tried over 1972 Bloody Sunday killings due next week
BELFAST - A judgment in the trial of the sole British soldier charged with murder over the 1972 \"Bloody Sunday\" killings of 13 unarmed Catholic civil rights marchers in Northern Ireland will be given on October 23, the judge said on Thursday. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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Lawyer urges judge to acquit British ex-soldier in 1972 Bloody Sunday killings in Northern Ireland
A lawyer for the only British soldier charged in the 1972 Bloody Sunday massacre says prosecutors failed to prove murder and attempted murder charges.
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