Published 13 days ago

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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BBC News

Bloody Sunday: No perjury charges against former soldiers

The Public Prosecution Service has been investigating fifteen former soldiers and an alleged former member of the IRA.

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The Independent

Bloody Sunday families say PPS perjury decision an ‘affront to rule of law’

Fifteen former soldiers investigated for perjury over Bloody Sunday will not face any charges.

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Reuters

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Daily Express

No prosecutions over allegations of false evidence at Bloody Sunday Inquiry

The decisions relate to 15 former soldiers and one former alleged member of the Official IRA.

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abc News

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

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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…

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