4 h. ago Claims that army veteran accused of Bloody Sunday killings opened fire are 'unreliable, flawed and inconsistent', murder trial hears

Soldier F is sitting behind a curtain during the non-jury trial, while relatives of the Wray and McKinney families and supporters watch on from the public gallery.

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28 h. ago Driver 'purposely' hit dad with van after roundabout 'road rage' row, murder trial told

Andrew Robson denies murdering Paul Bowles and is standing trial

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29 h. ago Comrades of Army veteran on trial over alleged murders on Bloody Sunday told investigators that he opened fire on civilians, court hears

The former paratrooper, now in his 70s and known only as Soldier F, is accused of killing two of the 13 civil rights demonstrators who lost their lives on January 30, 1972.

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32 h. ago Admissibility of ‘decisive evidence’ in trial of Soldier F examined

The trial of the veteran accused of two murders during Bloody Sunday in Londonderry in 1972 opened on Monday.

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46 h. ago Beware online romancers claiming to be in the army or working on an oil rig, major bank warns

Lloyds Bank is warning of a sharp uptick in romance scams targeting older customers with thousands of pounds of savings being lost to this ruse.

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54 h. ago Judge dismisses state terrorism charges against Luigi Mangione

US court rules evidence on terrorism counts is ‘legally insufficient’ but murder trial can go ahead

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3 d. ago Soldiers disgraced British army in ‘unjustified’ use of force on Bloody Sunday, trial hears

Soldier F is charged with two murders and five attempted murdersSoldiers disgraced the British army by targeting unarmed civilians in an “unjustified” and “gratuitous” use of force on Bloody Sunday, the murder trial of an army veteran has heard.The shooting by the former paratrooper and his comrades was “unnecessary” and had a profound impact on Northern Ireland, a prosecutor told Belfast crown court on Monday at the opening of the long-awaited trial. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago ‘Gratuitous’ use of force on Bloody Sunday disgraced British army, trial told

Trial of former paratrooper Soldier F, charged with two murders and five attempted murders, begins in BelfastSoldiers disgraced the British army by targeting unarmed civilians in an “unjustified” and “gratuitous” use of force on Bloody Sunday, the murder trial of an army veteran has heard.The shooting by the former paratrooper and his comrades was “unnecessary” and had a profound impact on Northern Ireland, a prosecutor told Belfast crown court on Monday at the opening of the long-awaited trial. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Contrasting viewpoints outside court ahead of Soldier F trial

Bloody Sunday families and scores of supporters attended as well as those protesting at the prosecution of a military veteran.

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3 d. ago Former British paratrooper on trial accused of shooting dead two men and wounding five others on Bloody Sunday more than FIFTY YEARS ago

Shielded by a black screen to protect his anonymity, Soldier F sat in the dock at Belfast's Laganside Courts this morning as the prosecutor said he and others 'falsely claimed' the civilians shot were armed.

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3 d. ago Bloody Sunday shootings ‘unjustified and gratuitous’, soldier murder trial told

A former paratrooper known as Soldier F is accused of two counts of murder and five counts of attempted murder in Londonderry on January 30 1972.

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3 d. ago Family of Bloody Sunday victim hails ‘momentous day’ as Soldier F trial begins

The former paratrooper is accused of two murders and five attempted murders in Londonderry on January 30 1972.

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3 d. ago British army veteran stands trial on two Bloody Sunday murder charges

Ex-paratrooper accused of killing James Wray and William McKinney, and attempting to murder five othersAn army veteran will stand trial on Monday charged with murder in relation to Bloody Sunday, when the Parachute Regiment shot dead 13 civil rights protesters in Derry in 1972.The former paratrooper, known as Soldier F, is charged with two murders and five attempted murders during a military operation that became a defining event of Northern Ireland’s Troubles. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Brother of Bloody Sunday victim prepared for landmark murder trial of veteran

Solider F is due to go on trial on Monday for two murders and five attempted murders on the streets of Londonderry in January 1972.

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4 d. ago Trial comes after long campaign for justice for Bloody Sunday victims

The last five decades have witnessed many legal twists and turns.

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6 d. ago The court artist whose Erin Patterson sketches went around the world: ‘I definitely need to get some therapy’

Anita Lester’s distinctive mushroom murder trial portraits show someone she perceived to be ‘consistently sad’The first time Anita Lester drew Erin Patterson, she made the mistake of trying to be too accurate. Lester, a courtroom artist, had just two minutes to sketch the triple murderer during her brief pre-trial hearing and spent it trying to perfectly illustrate “a little head behind a glass screen in Morwell”. What she later realised is that it’s more important to capture the mood of the accused than the exact lines of their face.“What makes a good courtroom artist is being able to bring the public into the courtroom to witness the emotion of the person on trial,” she says. “You’re actually trying to just capture a feeling or a gesture that might resonate. It’s not about being the best artist in the world.” Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Brazilians take to the streets to celebrate Bolsonaro conviction

Indigenous groups and other minorities praise verdict while US officials issue warnings of possible sanctions• Operation World Cup: the murder plot at the heart of Brazil’s trial of the century• Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years for plotting military coup in BrazilThousands of Brazilians have taken to the streets to rejoice at Jair Bolsonaro’s conviction for plotting a coup, as progressive politicians celebrated the historic move and rightwing figures linked to Donald Trump responded with anger and threats.Chile’s leftwing president, Gabriel Boric, led regional congratulations of the decision to jail Bolsonaro for 27 years for leading a criminal organisation that sought to seize power after the far-right populist lost the 2022 election. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Joseph Kony case in The Hague begins with accounts of alleged atrocities

ICC hearing takes place in absence of Ugandan rebel leader accused of murder, rape, torture and sexual slaveryAn international criminal court hearing into charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity against the Ugandan fugitive rebel leader Joseph Kony has begun with accounts of atrocities allegedly committed by his Lord’s Resistance Army.The ICC’s first in-absentia hearing will confirm charges but cannot progress to a trial in Kony’s absence. The warlord faces 39 counts, including murder, rape, sexual slavery, enslavement and torture, allegedly committed in northern Uganda between July 2002 and December 2005.Reuters and Agence France-Presse contributed to this report Continue reading...

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1 week ago Olympic equestrian Abi Lyle reveals how she was repeatedly assaulted by horse trainer during their nine

Former jockey Jonathan Creswell fatally strangled Katie Simpson, 21, in August 2020. He died by suicide in April 2024 after the first day of his murder trial.

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1 week ago Israel used to lie about killing journalists; now it barely bothers to do so. What happened? | Meron Rapoport

The ‘most moral army in the world’ has killed at least 248 journalists in Gaza, seemingly without any shameMeron Rapoport is an Israeli journalist for +972 magazine and Local CallIn September 2022, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) published the results of an internal investigation into the killing of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in Jenin four months earlier. “There is a high possibility that Ms Abu Akleh was accidentally hit by IDF gunfire that was fired toward suspects identified as armed Palestinian gunmen,” read the summary of the investigation. The IDF expressed “its deep condolences” over her death. “The freedom of the press and maintaining the safety of journalists are part of the primary components of Israeli democracy, which the IDF is committed to upholding,” it added.This statement had little to do with the facts. Not only did numerous independent investigations indicate that Abu Akleh was killed by Israeli soldiers (a claim which the Israeli army initially denie...

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