Bloody Sunday: Soldier F faces murder charges

[without a dream]

Interesting that this article says they were promised immunity if they told the truth at the inquiry. Yet they apparently still stuck to their story. I can see why people think this is obscene but they had a way out and didn't take it.

Yes, any evidence which they gave to either enquiry couldn't be used against them the prosecution case has to be built on evidence which can be proved outside of the enquiry, which after all the time has passed is limited.

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

So the soldiers told their version of events and didn’t get immunity. That sounds like our recent Governments.

Except for the fact that their version of events appears to have been largely false and, shown as such by forensic evidence.

 

[Tim of the Oak]

Im not (totally) biting....but those who were freed, from both sides, were caught, charged, prosecuted and sent to jail.....then following the GFA, they are out on licence....many have committed smaller crimes and have since been sent back to jail....its the terms of their release.

17 soldiers were suspected of killing/murdering innocent (proven) civilians. 1 will face charges. To date, none of them have been charged, prosecuted and sent to jail...and then possibly released.

Nothing like consistency mate
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/po...explain-IRA-comfort-letter-deals-say-MPs.html

 

[without a dream]

So the soldiers told their version of events and didn’t get immunity. That sounds like our recent Governments.

Nothing they said, or which can only be proved by testimony they gave to the enquiry, can be used in court, hence there is only one prosecution.

 

[Skip Donoghue]

Absolutely disgraceful, having spent a lot of time in the province I have always believed we had to be whiter than white and to do things the right way.
Many things in this decision are so wrong, the guys on the ground should not be prosecuted, if anybody should it should be the commanders. I have always believed the Parachute Regiment were the wrong regiment to send at that time, trained to be aggressive shock troops with inadequate training for the situation they found themselves in, what did they expect when confronted with an aggressive crowd? Shots were heard by the soldiers and they reacted, wrong? Maybe but unless you have been in that situation don’t judge.

It’s a disgrace The lads were carrying out orders
The prime minister and Home Secretary of the time and officers (probably all dead) who gave the orders should be in the dock, fucking wankers

 

[AlexWilliamsGloves]

Nothing like consistency mate
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/po...explain-IRA-comfort-letter-deals-say-MPs.html

Thats the "on the run" letters

 

[Tim of the Oak]

Except for the fact that their version of events appears to have been largely false and, shown as such by forensic evidence.

I thought that might be the case for some of the soldiers but most or some might have been telling the truth. It would be very difficult to find defence witnesses so long since the events but all I heard on the BBC this morning was that time has made prosecutions more difficult.

I’ve got huge sympathy for the families and what happened was wrong. However, the gist of this thread was about inconsistency and there seems to be a lot of that from our Government and our opposition too.

I’ve got friends whose family members have been killed by the IRA but I despise the terrorists across the communities, equally. That included Irish Catholics.

 

[AlexWilliamsGloves]

It’s a disgrace The lads were carrying out orders
The prime minister and Home Secretary of the time and officers who gave the orders should be in the dock, fucking wankers

Abnd those orders were to "shoot those unarmed civilian civil rights marchers"?

 

[bluemoon32]

IF what I've read about Soldier F's actions are true then he deserved to be prosecuted years ago

 

[laughing gravy]

Some seriously ignorant posts on here, would love to hear from our Northern Irish blues on this. I can only speak from being married to an Irish catholic but believe you me the soldiers played a part in this.

what about the IRA using civilians as shields?