Bloody Sunday: Soldier F faces murder charges

[M18CTID]

I wouldnt have a clue as to how many....but there was significant effort made to continue the investigations....so for anyone to suggest it was all forgotten about following GFA is ridiculous


The team had three objectives:[2]

• To work with families of those who had been killed.
• To ensure that cases were conducted to modern policing standards, and
• To carry out the work in such a way that the wider community had confidence in the outcomes.

Working with families was at the heart of the HET objectives, with a family liaison process in place,[3] and the HET undertaking to provide each affected family with a copy of the relevant report.

It was headed by Commander David Cox, formerly of the London Metropolitan Police, and consisted of a team of 100 investigators and supporting staff, and a budget of £30 million.

HET was split into two distinct teams: Review and Investigation. The Review team was staffed by police officers employed and seconded from outside Northern Ireland, while the Investigation team has been recruited locally.

The team aimed to fulfil its mandate by 2011. However, the investigators - along with the Police Ombudsman - agreed that they would require further time to work through the outstanding cases.[4] Cases were generally handles in chronological order.

On 29 January 2008, it was announced that the Team would reopen files on 124 deaths resulting from fatal shootings by British Army soldiers between 1970 and 1973. At that time, under an agreement between the British Army and the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC), military witnesses to deaths were often initially interviewed by the Royal Military Police instead of the RUC. Doubts had since been raised about the independence and effectiveness of these investigations.[5]

In February 2008 it was confirmed in the House of Commons that the Historical Enquiries Team (HET) was to examine all deaths attributed to The Troubles from January 1969 to the Good Friday Agreement in 1998, equating to 3,268 deaths which occurred in 2,516 incidents, or 'cases'. At that time 1,039 cases had been allocated to the HET business process, and the team had a total of 175 staff.[6]

Major reforms to the structure and resourcing of PSNI announced in September 2014 meant the closure of the Historical Enquiries Team, to be replaced by 'a much smaller unit' within PSNI.[7]

Cheers. So by the looks of that, only shootings by the British Army were under investigation and not terrorist acts committed by both sides.

 

[AlexWilliamsGloves]

Cheers. So by the looks of that, only shootings by the British Army were under investigation and not terrorist acts committed by both sides.

no, "in February 2008 it was confirmed in the House of Commons that the Historical Enquiries Team (HET) was to examine all deaths attributed to The Troubles from January 1969 to the Good Friday Agreement in 1998, equating to 3,268 deaths which occurred in 2,516 incidents, or 'cases'. At that time 1,039 cases had been allocated to the HET business process, and the team had a total of 175 staff.[6]"

 

[M18CTID]

no, "in February 2008 it was confirmed in the House of Commons that the Historical Enquiries Team (HET) was to examine all deaths attributed to The Troubles from January 1969 to the Good Friday Agreement in 1998, equating to 3,268 deaths which occurred in 2,516 incidents, or 'cases'. At that time 1,039 cases had been allocated to the HET business process, and the team had a total of 175 staff.[6]"

Ah, apologies - missed that

 

[blueinsa]

How about we just all root for the ‘not shooting unarmed civilians’ side irrespective of who is doing it.

No issue with that but how about we support the prosecution of all those that have shot or bombed and murdered all unarmed, innocent civilians be they Nationalist, Loyalist or as is the case, British servicemen if prosecution is the way things are now going to go?

 

[AlexWilliamsGloves]

No issue with that but how about we support the prosecution of all those that have shot or bombed and murdered all unarmed, innocent civilians be they Nationalist, Loyalist or as is the case, British servicemen if prosecution is the way things are now going to go?

i dont think anyone is against the PROSECUTION of those guilty of offences....

 

[Kazzydeyna]

Soldier F, or Dave to give him his first name, was offered full immunity if he told the truth and the whole truth during the inquiry.

He didn't. He chose to continue lying and was by accounts extremely smug about it. Thus he voluntarily gave up his right to immunity and now must face the consequences.

Good. The lying, murdering, cowardly shit house.

If convicted I only hope he is sentenced to serve time in a Belfast prison. We shall then see how brave he is. My guess is, not very.

 

[blueinsa]

Soldier F, or Dave to give him his first name, was offered full immunity if he told the truth and the whole truth during the inquiry.

He didn't. He chose to continue lying and was by accounts extremely smug about it. Thus he voluntarily gave up his right to immunity and now must face the consequences.

Good. The lying, murdering, cowardly shit house.

If convicted I only hope he is sentenced to serve time in a Belfast prison. We shall then see how brave he is. My guess is, not very.

Oh my fucking days.

 

[aguero93:20]

Thanks for the info. I just feel that even if there has been no amnesty, there most certainly has been a reluctance to bring people to justice for any pre-GFA crimes since the signing of the GFA.

You're probably right. There's been a few prosecutions but not many.

 

[blueinsa]

i dont think anyone is against the PROSECUTION of those guilty of offences....

That is patently not true is it and i dont mean you here for clarity.

 

[FantasyIreland]

Soldier F, or Dave to give him his first name, was offered full immunity if he told the truth and the whole truth during the inquiry.

He didn't. He chose to continue lying and was by accounts extremely smug about it. Thus he voluntarily gave up his right to immunity and now must face the consequences.

Good. The lying, murdering, cowardly shit house.

If convicted I only hope he is sentenced to serve time in a Belfast prison. We shall then see how brave he is. My guess is, not very.

Said from the safety of a computer desk......