6 h. ago Teenager ‘told man not to move’ before he was shot on Bloody Sunday

Soldier F is on trial at Belfast Crown Court accused of two murders and five attempted murders.

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25 h. ago Prince Harry's case against Daily Mail: legal researchers hatched a 'camouflage scheme' to 'mislead' High Court, hearing is told

Prince Harry and Baroness Lawrence's legal team 'hatched a scheme' to mislead the High Court in the high-profile trial they are bringing with others against the Mail, a hearing was told.

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30 h. ago Bloody Sunday trial told of moment schoolboy was shot in face

Soldier F denies two murders and five attempted murders.

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51 h. ago Victim pretended to be dead after being shot on Bloody Sunday, trial told

Soldier F is on trial accused of two murders in Londonderry in 1972.

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54 h. ago Victim pretended to be dead after being shot on Bloody Sunday, trial hears

Soldier F is on trial accused of two murders in Londonderry in 1972.

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56 h. ago UK government wins £122m pandemic case against Michelle Mone

Trial heard 25m surgical gowns supplied by PPE Medpro to protect NHS staff were unusable and could ‘seriously harm or kill patients’VIP lanes and 25m faulty gowns: what PPE Medro trial reveals about Tory response to CovidThe government has won its legal claim against a company linked to the Conservative peer Michelle Mone for the return of millions of pounds paid for personal protective equipment during the Covid pandemic.The Department of Health and Social Care sued the company, PPE Medpro, in December 2022, arguing that it had not complied with PPE laws to ensure that 25m surgical gowns it provided under a June 2020 government contract were sterile. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Myleene Klass colleague terrified by 'unhinged' letters stalking trial hears

Radio presenter Katie Breathwick has provided evidence against an alleged stalker who is said to have targeted her and her colleague Myleene Klass

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8 d. ago Fatal collision was ‘classic accident’, road rage murder trial hears

Andrew Robson, of Fold Green, Chadderton, denies the murder and manslaughter of Paul Bowles.

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8 d. ago Ely riots trial to hear fresh evidence as eight appear before court

Lee Robinson, Luke Williams, Jaydan Baston, Michaela Gonzales, McKenzie Danks, Jordan Bratcher, Zayne Farrugia and Connor O'Sullivan are accused of rioting in the Cardiff suburb following the death of two teenagers

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8 d. ago Man accused of fleeing 'road rage' murder was 'scared to death' and 'just wanted to get away', trial hears

Andrew Robson denies deliberately hitting Paul Bowles with his van

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9 d. ago Bloody Sunday: trial of Soldier F can admit hearsay evidence, judge rules

Prosecution request granted to admit ‘decisive’ statements by other soldiers present at 1972 shootings in DerryThe trial of a former paratrooper charged with two murders and five attempted murders on Bloody Sunday can admit hearsay evidence that has been described by the prosecution as “decisive”, a judge has ruled.The judge, Patrick Lynch, on Wednesday granted a prosecution request to admit statements made by other soldiers who were present during the shootings in Derry on 30 January 1972. The statements include allegations that the accused veteran, known as Soldier F, fired into the courtyard where the two men he is accused of murdering were shot. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Judge rules that ‘decisive’ statement evidence can be heard in Soldier F trial

The former paratrooper is accused of murdering two men on Bloody Sunday in Londonderry in January 1972.

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9 d. ago Ely riots trial hears police wouldn't let mothers of boys who died go to them

Lee Robinson, Luke Williams, Jaydan Baston, Michaela Gonzales, McKenzie Danks, Jordan Bratcher, Zayne Farrugia and Connor O'Sullivan are accused of rioting in the Cardiff suburb following the death of two teenagers

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2 w. 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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2 w. 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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2 w. 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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2 w. 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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2 w. ago Charges dropped against two men, including Scot, accused of spying for China

Pair had been due to face trial in October but prosecutors drop charges at Old Bailey hearing

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2 w. 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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3 w. 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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